On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 9:30 PM, Jerry Stuckle <[email protected]> wrote: > On 5/19/2014 8:17 AM, Richard Hector wrote: >> >> On 20/05/14 00:14, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >>> >>> On 5/19/2014 7:58 AM, Richard Hector wrote: >>>>[...] >>>> Actually I had a similar problem many years ago - I was working with a >>>> perfectly legal but rather obsolete version of SCO Xenix, which had an >>>> activation mechanism that was no longer supported. I would have liked to >>>> reinstall the system (and was also at risk of damaging it), and had the >>>> tape (!), but the activation service was no longer available. The >>>> software in that case was still copyright, but (or at least my client) >>>> was still perfectly entitled to use it, but technically prevented. >>>> >>>> Richard >>>> >>> >>> I don't know the terms of the license, but it is perfectly valid for a >>> company to put a time or other limit in a license. Your client may or >>> may not have been entitled to continue to use it. >>> >>> But if the client were able to legally use it, I would think the current >>> copyright owner would be obliged to provide an alternate activation >>> mechanism. Getting them to do it may be difficult, though.
SCO Xenix? Current copyright owner? May be difficult? For your reading pleasure, Jerry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCO_Group And you may be interested in this product of the rabble which you think opposes you: http://www.groklaw.net/ >> And in the case where the copyright has elapsed? The main point, rather >> than my additional comment? >> >> Richard >> > > Are you saying the only copy in the whole world is protected by DRM? I > highly doubt that... And if it is, that would mean it was created since DRM > went into effect. Hmm. Are anti-copying provisions that pre-date the DMCA not considered by you and your lawyer to be DRM? > Which means the copyright won't expire for 75 years or > more. By that time, anything computer-related will be so obsolete it will > only be of interest to paleontologists. And other works (i.e. music, > literature) will have been available in other media. In fact, in the United > States, to copyright something you have to provide a copy of the material to > the Copyright Office. So there is always at least one copy of something > available. > > But can you show where that is occurring now? If not, I think you're > looking for a problem which doesn't exist. > Did you read what Richard said? -- Joel Rees Be careful where you see conspiracy. Look first in your own heart. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CAAr43iNpTR8rqeFamW70M2VV2=vmt6mg9wczpjojfnulkek...@mail.gmail.com
