From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932494AbWDOLqN (ORCPT ); Sat, 15 Apr 2006 07:46:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932495AbWDOLqN (ORCPT ); Sat, 15 Apr 2006 07:46:13 -0400 Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:408 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932494AbWDOLqM (ORCPT ); Sat, 15 Apr 2006 07:46:12 -0400 Subject: RE: GPL issues From: Alan Cox To: davids@webmaster.com Cc: "Linux-Kernel@Vger. Kernel. Org" In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2006 12:55:31 +0100 Message-Id: <1145102131.28279.6.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Gwe, 2006-04-14 at 11:56 -0700, David Schwartz wrote: > Specifically, copyright does not protect ordinary use. If you buy a CD, you > get the right to use that CD simply by virtue of the fact that you lawfully > possess a lawfully made of the music on that CD. The rights you get automatically for "use" depend a lot on the actual thing itself and also the jurisdiction (local and national) and may even in some ludicrous cases depend on even the size of the cark park your building has. To lawfully use the CD you must also not be violating the DMCA, own any appropriate patent rights, not be using it for the purpose of committing a crime, not using it to incite violence and on and on and on, down to not using it loudly enough to disturb your neighbours excessively. To "use" it for a public performance also generally falls under copyright license restrictions (performance rights). What you say may have been true two hundred years ago but the IPR laws of the world have been growing ever more tangled and self contradictory since then, like a badly maintained perl script. Alan -- Sick of rip off UK rail fares ? Learn how to get far cheaper fares http://zeniv.linux.org.uk/~alan/GTR/