Re: TECH: Loading CD-ROMs onto your hard drive

[Carol Simpson <csimpson@TENET.EDU>]

Rena Deutsch wrote:
>
> Our computer coordinator, as well as a few other people, has suggested
> loading the contents of our CD-ROMs (databases, mostly) onto a hard drive

While it is true on is able to do this, and access from a hard disk is
faster thanf rom a CD-ROM drive, the problem is that you MAY not be able
to do this without permission from your software provider. You are, in
effect, copying the software to a different format, and this is not
permitted under general fair use considerations for software. If your
license specifically says you may do this, goferit, but if it doesn't,
you MUST HAVE PERMISSION IN ADVANCE to do what you suggest.

Carol Simpson
Mesquite (TX) ISD
csimpson@tenet.edu

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