RE: A86: ROM Images (legal battle thread)

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RE: A86: ROM Images (legal battle thread)


That would be section 107 not 1.107. :)

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Bryan Rabeler <brabeler@ticalc.org>
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On Thu, 19 Nov 1998, Thomas J. Hruska wrote:

> 
> At 04:41 AM 11/19/98 +0100, you wrote:
> >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.
> 
> http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/
> 
> Section 1.107
> 
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> >Bryan Rabeler <brabeler@ticalc.org>
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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.
> 
> 
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