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* "Simon Gardner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sun, 15 Aug 1999
| Unfortunately you're wrong. Under the Berne Convention (which applies to
| most copyrighted works of art),
Actually, it applies to all copyrighted works not just "art".
| you're not allowed to transfer a piece from one medium to another [1]
| (even if it's for backup, etc).
There is a small bit of case law, MicroSparc vs. a typing company the name
of which I cannot remember. MicroSparc published Nibble magazine in the
heyday of the Apple ][, and they published source code in the magazine.
They also sold diskettes with the programs from each magazine. The typing
company would buy a few copies of each issue of the magazine, type in the
programs, and sell diskettes at a significantly reduced price. MicroSparc
did not like that one bit, so they went to court.
MicroSparc won the case. The portion of the court's ruling relevant to
this discussion is that copyright law dictates that I can legally type in
those programs from a legitimately purchased copy of the magazine -- making
copies on different media -- and use them myself. (The portion of the
ruling most relevant to the case is that I cannot give you a copy of the
program on diskette unless I also give you my original, regardless that you
also have a copy of the original).
Like I said, I am not a lawyer, but while copyright law is law, SCMS is not
(at least it was not law last time I checked :).
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