> On Sep 10, 2004, at 18:13, Raul Miller wrote: > > Under copyright law, the precise details of how the copy arrives > > doesn't matter.
On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 08:48:54PM -0400, Anthony DeRobertis wrote: > Yes it does. Consider the difference between a copy of Windows arriving > by being downloaded from Kazaa and by being purchased from Microsoft. Ok, you're right -- while copyright law makes no specific provisions about how the copy arrives, the copyright license can [and often does] make such provisions. > > What matters is that the copy arrives. If many people are > > getting copies of some work then that's a copyright issue. > > Millions of people have a copy of the linux kernel, yet there is no > copyright issue. They have legal copies of the linux kernel. The issue of legality is indeed a copyright issue. > > If more than one person is involved in making those copies the > > individuals who contributed towards making those copies can still > > be nailed for contributory infringement. > > Assuming there was infringement, etc. Which would be the case for the context explicitly stated in the subject line of this message. -- Raul
