Re: A86: ROM Images (legal battle thread)
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Re: A86: ROM Images (legal battle thread)
Yup, sure you can give someone your ROM image as long as you give them
your calculator too. However, no one would really do that.
--
Bryan Rabeler <brabeler@ticalc.org>
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On Wed, 18 Nov 1998, Joshua J Seagoe wrote:
>
> an actual copy of the copyright law is at
> http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/
> there is one exemption that mentions distribution. that is the one for
> "libraries and archives" which allows for "no more than one copy" to be
> made. it also specifies that it must include a notice of copyright.
>
> i believe it would be legal to give someone a copy of your rom if you
> deleted any copies you had and gave them your calculator as well
>
> -josh
>
> On Thu, 19 Nov 1998 04:41:16 +0100 (MET) Bryan Rabeler
> <brabeler@ticalc.org> writes:
> >
> >Could you provide us with a link to this so called copyright law that
> >the
> >Supreme Court upheld? That way, we can all read it and judge for
> >ourselves.
> >
> >--
> >Bryan Rabeler <brabeler@ticalc.org>
> > File Archives, News, Features, and HTML
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> >
> >On Wed, 18 Nov 1998, Thomas J. Hruska wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> At 06:15 PM 11/17/98 -0400, you wrote:
> >> >>Frankly, your arguments would never hold up in a court room. The
> >facts
> >> >>are that the TI ROM is copyrighted material and you can't
> >distribute it.
> >> >>
> >> >Right. You _can_ make a copy for personal use, but without TI's
> >permission,
> >> >it's illegal to distribute it for any purpose.
> >>
> >> How do you know that my arguments won't hold up in a court room?
> >They are
> >> sound arguments legally based on the national copyright law. Only
> >the
> >> Supreme Court could possibly overrule "programming research" by a
> >change in
> >> the law. I have proven my point in many various ways and I seem to
> >have
> >> come out on top every single time. I have replied to every e-mail
> >that has
> >> been sent and still proven "programming research" and the
> >distribution of
> >> ROM images under the copyright law exception to be completely and
> >utterly
> >> legal. I may have seemed redundant at times, but that was to
> >emphasize my
> >> point. You have all presented very good arguments against
> >"programming
> >> research." However, I wouldn't have initially replied if I hadn't
> >thought
> >> the whole thing through in the first place.
> >>
> >>
> >> Thomas J. Hruska -- thruska@tir.com
> >> Shining Light Productions -- "Meeting the needs of fellow
> >programmers"
> >> http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Heights/8504
> >> http://shinelight.home.ml.org
> >>
> >
> >
>
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