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From: thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Version 1.3 is out!
Message-ID: <10232@cup.portal.com>
Date: 20 Oct 88 05:59:18 GMT
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Just a general comment re: number of backup copies of software that one
buys for one's own use:

1. DISCLAIMER ONE: I am NOT a lawyer.  But I DO read many legal journals.

2. DISCLAIMER TWO: because of the above (1), treat the following as MY
   opinion.


It was my understanding of the US Copyright Act amendments of 1980 (the
96th Congress) amending the 1976 statutes (in re "The Computer Software
Copyright Act") permits one to make four (4) backup copies of purchased
software for one's own use.

Federal Law supersedes any "shrinkwrap" provisos as well as any (inferior)
state statutes.

The INTENT is not to operate all the copies on each of one's systems, but
to have, say, one or two backup copies on site in case of minor disaster
and one or two copies available off site in case of major disaster.

MY interpretation concurs.  And (as my invoice attests) I purchased three
(3) copies of the 1.3 AmigaDOS enhancer, one copy for use on each of my
three Amigas (and an appropriate number of backup copies alongside each
system).

Anyone who says otherwise is uttering bushwa.


Thad Floryan [thad@cup.portal.com (OR) ...!sun!portal!cup.portal.com!thad]