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Re: Abandonware petition
- Subject: Re: Abandonware petition
- From: mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)
- Date: 20 Jul 2001 17:37:06 GMT
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com
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Kevin (agentwd40) responded to Matthew (>>):
>The Digital Millenium Copyright Act Doesn't apply in this case.
>Since Symantec Corporation is exercising their right not to pursue
>copyright violations, the issue of illegal copies of Copy ][+ is mute.
>I believe you will find this to be the case in the vast majority of
>old software for the Apple II, the owners just don't care.
>On Thu, 19 Jul 2001 17:46:34 GMT, russotto@user138.dsli.com (Matthew
>Russotto) wrote:
>>Doesn't matter. Copy ][+ is illegal under the anticircumvention
>>provisions of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act.
I think what Matthew is referring to is that under the Digital Millenium
Copyright Act, Copy ][+ _itself_ is illegal, since it is designed (in part)
to circumvent copy protection mechanisms.
This means that circumvention technology in the future will be provided
only by non-commercial sources. ;-)
-michael
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