[Info-vax] vax vms licenses

Arne Vajhøj arne at vajhoej.dk
Wed Apr 20 15:22:19 EDT 2022


On 4/19/2022 9:22 PM, Don Baccus wrote:
> "I would not count on courts allowing software copying as long as it is
> for personal use - that is not the common interpretation."
> 
> Research, study, etc are all recognized as being Fair Use of copyrighted
> material.  You can never count on courts to do anything, of course, but
> that is also true of the owner of the copyright if they contemplate suing
> someone for using their software at home for Fair Use purposes.

Fair use is a well known concept.

But private use does not automatically make the use fall under fair use.

Not even close.

Arne




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