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  1. 02-02-2004 #1
    lordnothing
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    More interesting stuff about copyright law in the US

    http://www.nyfairuse.org/

    at the bottom of this page are some interesting things about US copyright law... it is *legal* to copy copyrighted software and give it to your friends *if* no money passes between you, etc. i think the more people that know what can and can not be done the better equipped we will be to fight the coming onslaught of corporate greed...
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    Then IRC warez, Bittorent, Kazaa etc should in theory be free for everyone to use? And then BSA and RIAA/MPAA shouldn't bother?

    Or am I totally lost?
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    so it would seem, kriss.. i don't know enough about copyright law to correctly answer that.. but that's what that site seems to be saying..
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