Re: Cheap XP , OR, XP for multiple computers?
anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 08/19/04
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Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 10:11:40 -0700
>-----Original Message-----
>Greetings --
>
> That web site has absolutely _nothing_ to do
with "fair use." In
>fact, it deliberately assigns a completely invalid
definition to the
>term, in a lame, transparent attempt by the author to
rationalize his
>own position in support of software piracy. (Or would
be, if each and
>every page at that site weren't labeled as a parody -
meaning that no
>one is intended to take anything said there seriously.)
>
>Specifically:
>
> "Fair use is a copyright principle based on the
belief that the
>public is entitled to freely use *portions* of
copyrighted materials
>for purposes of *commentary and criticism*. For example,
if you wish
>to criticize a novelist, you should have the freedom to
quote a
>portion of the novelist's work without asking permission.
Absent this
>freedom, copyright owners could stifle any negative
comments about
>their work."
>
(http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use_Overvie
w/chapter9/index.html)
>(Emphasis mine.)
>
> "Judges use four factors in resolving fair use
disputes, which are
>discussed in detail below. It's important to understand
that these
>factors are only guidelines and the courts are free to
adapt them to
>particular situations on a case-by-case basis. In other
words, a judge
>has a great deal of freedom when making a fair use
determination and
>the outcome in any given case can be hard to predict.
>
> "The four factors judges consider are:
>
> 1.. the purpose and character of your use
> 2.. the nature of the copyrighted work
> 3.. the amount and substantiality of the portion taken,
and
> 4.. the effect of the use upon the potential market. "
>
(http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use_Overvie
w/chapter9/9-b.html)
>
> Feel free to peruse the entire article, which will
make it
>abundantly clear that there is no way that anyone could
successfully
>argue that installing a second copy of an operation
system onto a
>second computer, without the copyright holder's express
permission,
>for the sole purpose of not having to buy a second
license, could
>possibly meet the criteria of "Fair Use."
>
> To read the actual law that defines "fair use:"
>
>TITLE 17 , CHAPTER 1 , Sec. 107.
>http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html
>
>
>
>Bruce Chambers
>--
>Help us help you:
>http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever
count on
>having both at once. - RAH
>
>
><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>news:871001c4853e$f6a43640$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>Greetings --
>>>
>>> Help how? Are you suggesting that the OP needs to
>> learn to lie
>>>and steal?
>>>
>>>Bruce Chambers
>>>--
>>>Help us help you:
>>>http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>>>http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>>>
>>>You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever
>> count on
>>>having both at once. - RAH
>>>
>>>
>>><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>news:097301c48489$43527580$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>>>> Read the following webpage. It will be helpful for
you.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>.
>>>
>>
>> I guess that depends what you read into the website,
>> Bruce. I see it as learning your fair use rights.
>>
>> http://microscum.com/mmpafaq/
>
>
>.
>
That seems like a very extreme view, Bruce. And it
differes from my view. But if we all had the same view
the world would be an unintertesting place.
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