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From: laba-4an@web6e.berkeley.edu (Andy McFadden)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: pirating, etc.
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Date: 26 Mar 88 00:06:32 GMT
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In article <7048@drutx.ATT.COM> dvac@drutx.ATT.COM (VachonD) writes:
>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

I believe that the OWNER is allowed to keep an archival backup.  Not being
the owner, you would then be in posession of an illegal copy.

I think that it does spell out somewhere that you can't keep the backup,
but I'm not sure where...

-- 
"If I were a lawyer, I'd charge you for answer."