Re: [SWCollect] Copyright confusion clarified

2003-11-02 Thread Jim Leonard
Disclaimer: IANAL. But my father-in-law is. Dan Chisarick wrote: Good article. Grey areas I'd have to wonder about: - I'm a non-technical user who wants to backup my Commodore 64 copy of M.U.L.E. According to this I have a legal right to do so. However, I'm technically incapable of doing

Re: [SWCollect] Copyright confusion clarified

2003-11-01 Thread Dan Chisarick
Good article. Grey areas I'd have to wonder about: - I'm a non-technical user who wants to backup my Commodore 64 copy of M.U.L.E. According to this I have a legal right to do so. However, I'm technically incapable of doing so on my own. This law says I have a right, but is it legal for

[SWCollect] Copyright confusion clarified

2003-10-31 Thread Hugh Falk
I thought this was pertinent to the group: Copyright confusion clarified Recent Library of Congress exemption allows hacking obsolete titles for back-ups only, nothing more. A recent ruling by the Library of Congress' Copyright Office has left some gamers with the impression they can