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From: shawn@pnet51.cts.com (Shawn Stanley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: re:re:rom copyrights
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Date: 4 May 89 16:05:10 GMT
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STEVENS@SENECA.BITNET writes:
>in an article..... I'm soory i know not which... a reply states that since
>Apple gives no rights to archival copies than it's not legal.
>to this I say BULLL capital B. it does not matter whether Apple gives the time
>of day! it is federal LAW that says a person is allowed ONE archival copy
>of SOFTWARE! it doesn't matter what package it comes in. whether it be disk,
> tape, Book, film, hearsay, or uttered breath. (I'm rambling) The point is
>SOFTWARE! not Container or packaging! if it is software than the buyer can
>protect himself from a volatile (unvolatile) media! at least that is the intent
>of the LAW! If I'm wrong, then I'm sure I'll hear about it! but I felt I had to
>say something! HUMMPPHH! :-)

Oh my.  Quite an outburst...

I checked with the copyright office, and they said that the owner of a
copyrighted product is allowed, per the Copyright Act, to make a backup copy
of the software.  Modifications to the copy are considered "derivative works",
and are copyright infringements.  All copies must be destroyed when the
original is transferred to another owner.

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