Alexander Terekhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Rui Miguel Seabra wrote: > [...] >> <<the owner of a particular copy or phonorecord lawfully made under >> this title, or any person authorized by such owner, is entitled, without >> the authority of the copyright owner, to sell or otherwise dispose of >> the possession of that copy or phonorecord.>> >> ^^^^^^^^^ >> >> So you can do whatever with _YOUR_COPY_ but you still can't >> redistribute copies of it. > > Downloads aside for a moment, the GPL permits reproduction,
Under conditions. > and, under the idiotic "not-a-contract" theory, it just can't compel > me to relinquish the distribution right that I enjoy under the > copyright law (17 USC 109) being the owner of all those NEW > "particular copies" that I've lawfully made: Uh, you had no "lawful" right to make those particular copies: you had only _conditional_ rights granted by the GPL. > I can distribute them as I see fit (apart from rental) without the > authority of the copyright owner. But you could not create them in the first place without the authority of the copyright owner. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum _______________________________________________ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
