> it cannot be morally justified to steal another persons copyrighted > material in order to make money out of it.
In my opinion, theft is immoral. Thankfully, Yesterday's Radio is not an act of theft. An act of "theft" requires that someone be denied ownership, possession, use, or access to something as a result of the taking. Clearly this has not happened, and therefore nobody is "stealing" anything. Welcome to the "grey area" of "copyright infringement" :) ----- Original message ----- > Hi Daniel, > > On 07/08/10 20:18, Okalany Daniel wrote: > > Hi Tim, > > Seeking to make money using someone else's work is not always clearly a > > breach of copyright. > > If I seek to make money by selling Ubuntu, I don't breach any > > copyrights. Or if I make money by distributing Ubuntu CDs with ads > > for that matter. > > > > You can only make money distributing Ubuntu if you obey the license > conditions of the copyright holders. This is very important, as > copyright law is at the very heart of the GPL. > > Similarly you can only make money from music if you obey the license > conditions of the copyright holders. I think you will find that nearly > all music has a license condition that prevents distribution or > performance of that music unless a royalty is paid to the copyright > holder. > > IANAL so I cannot comment on the position re Ugandan law, IMHO however, > it cannot be morally justified to steal another persons copyrighted > material in order to make money out of it. > > Thanks, > Tim > > -- > WebERP Africa Ltd > +447710427049 > +256752963327 > +255784602561 > www.weberpafrica.com > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any > way. --------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
