Hi, Rjack, In gnu.misc.discuss RJack <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a simple question. The United States Copyright Act, 17 USC sets > out what comprises copyright infringement:
> "? 501. Infringement of copyright [ 24 lines of legal text snipped. ] The following doesn't seem to be a simple question at all: > How can someone infringe on another's copyrighted work without > violating one the specific exclusive rights as described in sections > 106 through 122 and section 106(A)? The answer to this question could > resolve many disagreements among open source license debaters. Maybe it could, maybe it can't. You'd get a better quality of debate if you posted the question on a legal forum. > I can personally imagine no situation where the above quoted section > would a allow a charge of infringement without actually violating one > of the enumerated exclusive rights. Neither can I, to be honest. But that's mainly because I'm not interested in the minutiae of a foreign country's somewhat arcane copyright statutes. Like I said, you'd be better posting the question on a USA legal forum, not gnu.misc.discuss. > Sincerely, > Rjack :) -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany). _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
