John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > David Kastrup writes: >> "I found it on some server" does not make you the owner of a copy in >> any manner that "I found it on the street" makes you the owner of a >> copy of a book. > > "Finding it on some server" involves creating a copy on your > computer. If you own the computer you own the copy.
Not at all. Putting a found book into my bag does not imply that owning the bag makes me own the book. Either I have been making the copy as an agent of the party owning the server, and I can't become an agent of that party without any appropriate agreement, or I have made the copy without permission. In the latter case, I have no rights concerning that copy. > Of course, you have no right to make copies of that copy, so the > only way to transfer the copy is to sell your computer. You'll find that selling any media or hardware (including a complete computer) preloaded is not one of the rights somebody who has hacked and downloaded a copy of anything onto his computer has acquired in the process. Really. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
