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From: murlocker@watdcsu.UUCP (murlocker)
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Subject: Re: Copyrights and piracy
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Date: Sun, 7-Apr-85 13:58:08 EST
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Posted: Sun Apr  7 13:58:08 1985
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> 
> > No, there's something called the "fair use provision" of the law (a
> > codification of older common law now in the statute) that permits a
> > reasonable degree of copying.  Copying a part of a book for limited use
> > is perfectly legal.
> 
> Not necessarily. It is usually tolerated because enforcement of the copyright 
> protection is not possible, but take a moment to read the notices in a couple 
> of books - here's a fairly standard one:
> 
>                       Copyright 1985 by ...
> 
>             All rights reserved.  No portion of this work may be re-
>             produced  or  represented in any form, including but not
>             limited to optical, mechanical, electronic, or  magnetic
>             copying,  storage,  or  transmission,  without the prior
>             written consent of the copyright holder.
> 

Standard copyright provisions which do not mention the allowance of "fair use"
copying do not over-ride the copying for fair use, since these are guaranteed
by the copyright act.

As an aside, I don't know how applicable the fair use laws are to software.
Presumably the people who run "software evaluation clubs" are trying to fall
into this catagory, but I don't think the courts would agree.

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