Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!zehntel!sytek!menlo70!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!strom@brl-bmd From: strom%brl-bmd@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: piracy Message-ID: <1808@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Sun, 5-Jun-83 07:51:22 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.1808 Posted: Sun Jun 5 07:51:22 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 15-Jun-83 04:34:58 EDT Lines: 13 From: Charlie Strom NYUI spoke to my lady friend who happens to be a lawyer, though she admittedly has no patent/copyright experience (she is a criminal lawyer) so take this response for what is worth: her feelings are that the spirit of the copyright law indeed is to prevent a second party (presumably the liscensee) from making a profit by selling the copyrighted material to a third party. This would include rental of software as well, the key being turning a profit from other people's work. I suppose this can be compared to charging admission to a group to see an HBO presentation in your home or renting video tapes. I suspect there is little point in speculation until someone has the gumption to bring a suit.