Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 14:41:28 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, freebsd-chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: UCITA (Important) Message-ID: <4.2.2.20000121143613.01a51ef0@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001212130110.32187-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk. eu.org> References: <4.2.2.20000121141100.019a6370@localhost>
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At 02:34 PM 1/21/2000 , Jonathon McKitrick wrote: >Academic meaning for students? Meaning "site licensed to universities." Dave Farber, for example, reports that when he moved his Windows files from one laptop to another, Windows contacted Microsoft's Web site for validation across the Net. It discovered that the hardware was different (probably via a BIOS checksum or something similar) and DISABLED ITSELF. >Is there any way that this law has positives, such as reducing piracy, >or seeing to it that authors can compensation for their work? Very little in it is positive. Not enough to salvage. >For example, supposed i write a textbook and only 1,000 copies sell >because now they an be re-sold as used. Doesn't this hurt my >profits? The doctrine of first sale says that people can transfer their copies of a work. Your best bet is to come out with a new edition! >Also, when i can buy a CD, burn a copy, and sell it at the >used CD store, where they may be done an indefinite number of times, >doesn't that only hurt the artist, who makes a living only off that >first copy? That's already illegal. > I just don't see how authors and musicians and even >programmers stay alive.... They do. I know; I'm all three! I manage to do reasonably well -- though I'm surely not rich. Despite Richard Stallman's efforts to abolish artists' rights and run programmers out of business. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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