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Subject: Re:  piracy
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Date: Sun, 5-Jun-83 07:51:22 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jun  5 07:51:22 1983
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From:      Charlie Strom NYU 


I 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.