Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!rutgers!psuvax1!psuvm!jkt100 From: JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu (JKT) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Is AMAX doomed? Message-ID: <90286.212538JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu> Date: 14 Oct 90 01:25:38 GMT References: <34522@cup.portal.com> <37923@ut-emx.uucp> <1990Oct11.101821.13021@maths.tcd.ie> Organization: Penn State University Lines: 41 >>>Sorry, still illegal. Even if you own the Mac. Any mechanism that >>>makes a copy of the ROM image violates Apple's copyright, unless it is > >>No, if you're going to use the routines on only one CPU then >>you're okay there. I guess you just have to promise never to >>operate both your Amiga and Mac at the same time :-) > >Not true. I quote from the book _The_Law_of_Computer_Technology_ by >Raymond T. Nimmer: > > "Assuming copyrightability and compliance with the statutory > requirements, an author may enforce certain exclusive rights > in a work. These include the exclusive right to reproduce the > work, to distribute copies, and to prepare derivative works. > Under the terms of the Act, a person who acts in violation of > these exclusive rights infringes the copyright and may be > subject to civil or criminal liability." > >Thus it is the act of *copying* that is protected, not the use. Something is wrong here somewhere, and it may be your book, or that you took a quote out of context. But I think we all know for a FACT that we are legally entitled to make a single backup copy of any software we buy, as long as 1) we only run one copy on one machine at any one time and 2) we do not distribute the software. Your quote above contradicts this as far as I can tell, so as I said, either your book is wrong, or this quote is out of context and needs to have its scope clarified. Perhaps that line "assuming compliance with statutory requirements" is the clincher? Kurt -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- || Kurt Tappe (215) 363-9485 || Amigas, Macs, IBM's, C-64's, NeXTs, || || 184 W. Valley Hill Rd. || Apple ]['s.... I use 'em all. || || Malvern, PA 19355-2214 || (and in that order too! ;-) || || jkt100@psuvm.psu.edu --------------------------------------|| || jkt100@psuvm.bitnet jkt100%psuvm.bitnet@psuvax1 QLink: KurtTappe || -----------------------------------------------------------------------