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From: Radagast@cup.portal.com (sullivan - segall)
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Subject: Re: Your Rights under the 1976 Copyright Act
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Date: 12 Nov 90 08:35:57 GMT
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>This, this nation is the United States of America, and if there is one thing
>that is sacred above ALL ELSE is freedom of thought and freedom of information
.
>There is NOTHING illegal about describing how to remove copy protection from
>programs.  The copyright law guarantees that posessors of software are entitle
d
>to make backup or archival copies of software.  If the process of making backu
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>involves modifying the software, so be it.  That is protected.
>If the software is transferred to someone else, all derivatives and 
>modifications must be destroyed.  THIS is the law.  If you want, I will post
>the ACTUAL SEGMENT OF THE 1976 COPYRIGHT ACT pertaining to software.
>

I'm not much interested in the 1976 Copyright Act, but if you could post
relevant parts of the Berne Convention agreements, I would be most 
grateful.

 
                           -Sullivan_-_Segall (a.k.a. Radagast)
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