Posted by Alpha on 11/18/05 06:37

"Jeff Rife" <wevsr@nabs.net> wrote in message
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> Alpha (none@none.net) wrote in alt.video.dvd:
>> > And they may have also violated copyright law to prevent copyright
>> > infringement.
>>
>> Wrong. Copyright law gives no right to copy, except for fair use,
>> limited
>> to educational use mostly.
>
> That is completely, totally incorrect.
>
> Copyright law allows copying of many things that are copyrighted without
> infringing on copyright...backup of computer software is one thing that is
> specifically covered without needing to invoke the "fair use" defense to
> copyright infringement.

Correct....but never video nor audio.

>
> In addition, copyright law allows assignment of rights by the copyright
> holder. In this particular case, code that is covered by the LGPL was
> used in the Sony product. This code is freely copyable because the LGPL
> assigns that right to users, but with the restriction that the original
> copyright notice is included (as well as some other restrictions).
> Because
> Sony/First 4 Internet didn't follow these restrictions, they have
> infringed
> on the rights of the holders of the copyright on this code.
>
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