[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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