Re: License key for home network

From: Vagabond Software (carlfenley-X-_at_-X-san.rr.com)
Date: 01/31/05 

Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 10:15:29 -0800

"kurttrail" <dontemailme@anywhereintheknownuniverse.org> wrote in message news:uH811Q7BFHA.2788@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Vagabond Software wrote:
>>
>> No, I say it's OK because one license per user is the only thing that
>> makes sense for most commercial software products. If I quit my job
>> and take out a second mortgage on my house to write a killer
>> application that I want to sell as a product, I don't want to go
>> broke after selling only one copy because it would be a "scam" to
>> suggest that everyone who uses my software actually pay the asking
>> price for it!
>
> And "fair use" of copyrighted products makes sense for individuals.
>
> "Any individual may reproduce a copyrighted work for a "fair use"; the
> copyright owner does not possess the exclusive right to such a use."
>
> And if an individual is sold a copy of copyrighted software, the
> copyright right owner doesn't possess the the right to limit that
> indivdual's "fair use" of it. Sell it once, cool.
>
>
>
> --

"Fair use" doesn't even come close to being defensible. Here are a few quotes for you:

"The problem with the fair use of software stems in part from the fact that users probably do not copy software programs to gain access to the ideas expressed in them (except for reverse engineering), but rather, to gain the economic benefit of what they can do as functional computer programs. In this light, copying an entire program for personal use in lieu of purchasing the program seems entirely indefensible as a fair use."

"Making copies of copyrighted materials is one of the exclusive rights of the copyright owner. What you have purchased is the right to use a single copy of software, not the copyright itself."

http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/mono2.htm

Look, just admit that you don't want to pay for your preferred software and rather than switch to free or cheaper software, like SolarisX86 or Linux, you would rather steal Microsoft's superior product. I don't care. It's not my job to enforce their copyright. My only responsibility is to abide by it. ;-)

carl

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