On Mon, 01 Oct 2012 10:34:49 +0200, Alexander Terekhov wrote...
> You seem to not grok a rather simple concept: lawful ownership
> of a copy incorporating work verbatim or even a copy incorporating
> derivative work gives the owner of that copy all the rights to
> distribute **that copy** without restrictions ("conditions" in
> GNUspeak) as far as copyright law is concerned no matter who
> (lawfully) made that copy.
I've emphasised the words "that copy" in your post above. Lawful
ownership gives no right whatsoever to make or distribute *further*
copies.
There's only one way that someone can get such a right to further
copies: from the copyleft licence, with all its conditions. Thus the
copyleft licence is not rendered impotent.
If they haven't accepted the copyleft licence, all the lawful owner can
do is to use **that one copy** that they've lawfully acquired. Or to
transfer on **that one copy**. Whereupon the new transferee is likewise
only able to use or transfer that one copy (unless they accept the
copyleft licence).
To do more would infringe the copyright.
The recent CJEU decision merely provides a mechanism to implement that
when the copy is licensed. The previous owner must make his copy
unusable, and the transferee can make a new copy in its place. The new
owner could later perform a similar transfer.
But no further copies can be made or distributed -- except under the
conditions of the copyleft licence. Contrary to your OP, copyleft has
not died.
I think your problem is that you are seeing a new owner who potentially
hasn't accepted the conditions of the copyleft licence. But that means
that neither does he get the freedoms that also come with the copyleft
licence. If he makes or distributes new copies, or makes a modified
copy, he would infringe the copyright.
--
Tim Jackson
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