Re: CD-ROMS and fair use

[William Russell Smith <rssmith@TENET.EDU>]

> If the teacher has one copy of the retrieval software on his computer at
> home and one on the computer at school, technically he has broken the
> license agreement.


   Surely it's not too hard to delete the software on the home computer
and install it on the machine at school? That is a lousy technicality for
CD-ROM software, about as stupid if the music industry were to say if you
buy an audio tape for your home system, then you must buy another copy
for your car stereo. Enough is enough! It's time to give the consumer a
break!

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