On Wednesday 25 May 2005 02:56, Oron Peled wrote:
> > because traditional copyright law does not allow the copyright
> > holder to prohibit someone for doing that with a public work.
>
> Ok, let's go REALLY traditional:
>
> "the author and authors of any map, chart, book or books already
> printed within these United States, being a citizen or citizens
> thereof....shall have the sole right and liberty of printing,
> reprinting, publishing and vending such map, chart, book or
> books...."
>
Hmmmm... no mention of non-commercial copying or re-distribution.
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
> Now, please Shlomi, go and read some real law documents so we
> can focus on the real problems (e.g: "eternal" copyrights,
> patents on generic ideas [e.g: software], etc.)
>
Lawsuits against file swappers are a real problem.
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
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