Piracy (was RE: recommend a book on Framemaker)

[avobert -at- twh -dot- nbg -dot- de (Alexander Von_obert)]

Hello,


* Antwort auf eine Nachricht von jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com an All am 22.06.00

jj> If I own a single user software and even if I uninstall, I lend
jj> a copy to
jj> someonme else, it is still the same. Single-use software is
jj> based on the registered user, not the active seat.

at least here in Germany it is seen quite differently, and this is directly
 derived from the copyright laws that were created for books:

- If you buy a book you can do with it as you wish - unless you copy it. No
 publisher may define any other rules.

- If you get a license to use a program for an indefinite time and you pay for
 that license a single fee, this is exactly the same legal thing as described
 above.  No publisher can prevent you from selling or lendig your licence. But
 definitely the program must not be installed on two machines at the same time.


BTW: Microsoft might fall flat on its face over here as soon as it tries to
 lend software over the Internet, requiring repeated fees for specific time
 intervals or for every use. Then the users can force MS to fullfill their part
 of the deal: Provide a fully functional product and force the lender to
 rectify bugs within a reasonable time without any extra fees.


Greetings from Germany,
Alexander

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