papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) (11/10/90)
In article <1990Nov9.210351.23551@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> jb10320@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Desdinova) writes: | SOME PEOPLE OBVIOUSLY THINK WE LIVE IN THE UNITED SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLIC. |This, this nation is the United States of America, and if there is one thing |that is sacred above ALL ELSE is freedom of thought and freedom of information. |There is NOTHING illegal about describing how to remove copy protection from |programs. Fine. | The copyright law guarantees that posessors of software are entitled |to make backup or archival copies of software. The law grants you with one (1) backup copy of the software. |If the process of making backups |involves modifying the software, so be it. That is protected. B.S., dude. You have no such right from the copyright act. |If the software is transferred to someone else, all derivatives and |modifications must be destroyed. Fine, too. |Ron, nothing personal, but you're entirely 100% wrong. Nothing personal. You certainly are *NOT* 100% right :-) Get a lawyer. -- Marco -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= "Xerox sues somebody for copying?" -- David Letterman -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=