On 01/07/2013 11:51 PM, Peter von Kaehne wrote:
Von: Daniel Hughes <tramps...@gmail.com> Am I allowed to pull the
text out of the sword module once it is installed (using the sword
libs) and put it in my local sqlite database.
Not a lawyer, so my advice might be of limited value. Many of our
modules are public domain and essentially you can do as you like.
Many are not and some are quite restrictively licensed. Most of the
restrictions are around (re)distribution, so that does not apply
here. Which leaves me with "I do not know" and "you probably need to
ask a lawyer" and "his advice might vary from module to module and
license to license". Or not and everything is easy as it is just on
the user's computer.
Third party extraction and reformatting are naturally not things for
which we negotiate rights. There are a handful of modules for which you
would end up stripping encryption, meaning you're entering a whole
DMCA-violation arena. And other modules are going to be a problem
because you're format-shifting and our license only permits use in Sword
format; we can't even convert such modules to GoBible format and
distribute them though we have licenses to distribute in Sword format.
The closest bit of case law I can think of is DVD CCA v. Kaleidescape.
Kaleidescape built DVD-ripping jukeboxes to store DVD movies for
playback on a multi-room system. They did everything possible to respect
copyrights. You had to possess the DVD to rip it, but fundamentally
their hardware was copying & storing DVDs on harddrives. Eight years
after the DVD CCA filed its case, they're still in court trying to
decide if Kaleidescape has a license that covers the machines it builds.
--Chris
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