Re: Cheap XP , OR, XP for multiple computers?
From: hermes (hermes_at_messenger.net)
Date: 08/19/04
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Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 18:33:39 -0500
Bruce Chambers wrote:
>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_Overview/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_Overview/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
>
>
That is a very narrow view, Bruce. People who actually care to defend
their fair use rights don't automatically pull down their pants and bend
themselves over the table for greedy, criminal corporations such as M$
like you do. I would think you would respect people who stand up for
their beliefs and think for themselves, even if you may not agree with
their beliefs. I guess I was wrong about you. The below link is
another interpretation of the laws governing fair use rights. Those
who are open minded enough will follow the link and at least read it and
decide for themselves how they feel about the issue.
http://protectfreedom.tripod.com/fairuse.html
-- hermes DRM sux! Treacherous Computing kills our virtual civil liberties! http://protectfreedom.tripod.com/index.html http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/tcpa-faq.html http://anti-dmca.org/ http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/unintended_consequences.php Windows XP crashed. I am the Blue Screen of Death. No one hears your screams
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