Re: copyright

[steve clancy <clancysteve@HOTMAIL.COM>]

With all the discussion regarding copyright, I have a question regarding
loaning CD-ROMs from the library.  Granted, the license agreement often
states that the program can only be "installed" on one computer, but is
installing on multiple computers really a violation of the copyright law?
Copyright forbids the duplication, but if you don't copying the program on
to the hard drive, aren't you instead violating your licensing agreement?
Is there a difference?  And to take it one step further, has the law really
defined what "installed" is?  With new court cases defining electronic
copyright further, I could easily see installing a kernel of a program as
falling under fair use.

Steve Clancy
Colonial Village School
Niagara Falls, NY

>From: Carol Simpson <csimpson@LIS.ADMIN.UNT.EDU>
>Reply-To: Carol Simpson <csimpson@LIS.ADMIN.UNT.EDU>
>To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>Subject: Re: copyright
>Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 17:01:09 -0500
>
>Public schools are NOT state agencies, according to the opinion you stated
>=
>and Rodriguez v Texas, the other case making this assertion. The Supremes =
>limited this shield to the state government itself, not cities, counties, =
>and school districts/corporations. Sorry folks, you still have to abide by
>=
>copyright law.
>
>Carol Simpson, Ed.D.
>Asst. Professor
>School of Library & Information Sciences
>University of North Texas
>P.O. Box 311068
>Denton, TX 76203
>940.565.2445
>940.565.3101 FAX
>csimpson@lis.admin.unt.edu
>

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