The only slight difference on copyright for software purposes has been to allow
a backup copy for personal use.
 
There are also rules applicable as to the length of time copyright is active
which have bearing.  Basically it is life or lives in being plus 70 years.
 However, if the authorship of the work is unknown it is 50 years from date of
publication.  If a Company owns the copyright, then it is 70 years from the end
of the business.
 
Alas that is it - copyright law is something that does not get changed too
often, because of it being subject to the Berne treaty - ie it is an
international law, and therefore at least a majority of countries would need to
agree to any changes
 
Rich

> On July 7, 2016 at 9:21 PM Colin McKay <[email protected]>
> wrote:
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> Has copyright in the electronic sense been investigated?
>
> An author publishes an article, and an individual makes one copy of it for
> only his use. That is allowable, but there could be qualifications of the
> situation.
>
>
>
> Colin McKay
>
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