The way to sane laws is in our hands. Sam. Chris Schumann wrote: >OK, I'll bite > > > >>Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 10:28:58 -0600 >>From: Sam MacDonald <smac at visi.com> >> >> > > > >>If the copy write says they should not reverse engineer the >>game or change it in any way, explain to me why the company >>in question should not stand up for their rights? >> >> > >Copyright law says no one can distribute something without the >permission of the copyright owner, basically. > >Licensing terms restrict what one can do with software. > >For example, if I buy a book, I can make a photocopy of small >sections for review, or large sections for my own use, or sell >or lend the book to someone else. It's called fair use. > >If I buy software, most of the time I have to agree to an onerous >license agreement that says I can't even look under the hood to >see what the software is doing on *MY* computer. Some licenses >even restrict my from selling the software when I get tired of it. >Or if I get tired of the software publisher from calling its >customers thieves. > >Don't get me wrong. I think it's just fine for any entity to >sell their product as they see fit. I'm just really glad there's >an alternative to most of the hand-tying linceses out there. > > > >>Doom, Quake, Call of Duty, and others have many mods for the >>original games, but the people who make the games said making >>the mods is cool. >> >> > >Some say copyright law says it's cool to mod the games you buy. > >I suppose we should not be allowed to record TV shows and edit >out the commercials too. I'd bet most studios don't like that I >can legally do that... for now. > > > >>Yes contribute to EFF, yes stand up for what we believe in, >>but we must let others do the same no mater what we think. >> >> > >I agree with you 100% Sam, on both counts. I hope you'll agree >that it's important to have sane laws too. Like ones that say that >I can make a backup of the SpongeBob DVD I bought (not really) so I >don't have to take the original into the minivan (that I don't own) >so the kids (that I don't have) can scratch it up and I have to buy >another one. > >Chris >(wearing my EFF member t-shirt right now) > > >_______________________________________________ >TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >tclug-list at mn-linux.org >http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.7 - Release Date: 2/10/2005