On Tue, 2008-11-11 at 10:06 +0200, Alexios Zavras wrote:
> Daniel Rich wrote [edited]:
> > [...] If it is on a company asset then the
> > company has to be the one who legally obtained it, not the user (your
> > mileage may vary depending on who has the bigger lawyers). This is
> > (may) be true of software, mp3s, or other copyrighted materials.
>
> As someone who is continents away from US corporate practices,
> and constantly marvelling on such information from this list,
> I have to ask:
> Is it the same case with bringing your own O'Reilly book
> to work and have it on a (company) bookshelf ?
>
> I'd assume no, but I am always surprised...
I think the difference is that the software/data is a copy.
A book, would be the original. Unless you copied it, then who ever
has the "copy" is in the wrong.
If you just brought the install media and placed it on your desk, that
would be fine, but as soon as you install a copy onto the company
machine, there are issues.
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--MCP
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