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From: dvac@drutx.ATT.COM (VachonD)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: pirating, etc.
Message-ID: <7048@drutx.ATT.COM>
Date: 24 Mar 88 18:34:36 GMT
References: <2969@gryphon.CTS.COM>
Organization: AT&T, Denver, CO
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Summary: What if?

In article <2969@gryphon.CTS.COM>, arthur@pnet02.cts.com (Arthur L. Rubin) writes:
> kudla@pawl20.pawl.rpi.edu (Robert J. Kudla) writes:
> >...Also, like an audio recording, any 
> >computer-based record cannot be used as evidence in a court of law.
> 
> This is news to me.  Can any lawyers confirm or deny.  It seems to me that, if
> discovered, a copy of a computer program could be prosecuted for copyright
> violation if the owner cannot produce an "offical" copy.
> Arthur L. Rubin

What is to stop a person from saying, yeah, I had that disk once, and made an 
archival backup of it, and then sold it to a guy for $10.   The backup of the
program is legal for archival purposes, now that the original has been sold,
where is (or is there) a law that says I have to erase that archival backup?!

I have heard this several times and it seems to be a catch-all type thing 
for people who pirate....  Is there a law against this?  

Later -Dan Vachon-    !inhp4!drutx!dvac