Subj : Should EMulation....
To   : Amcleod
From : Spaceman Spiff
Date : Sun Jul 09 2000 08:19 am

RE: Should EMulation....
BY: Amcleod to Digital Man on Thu Jun 08 2000 04:59 am

 > RE: Should EMulation....
 > BY: Digital Man to Tinman on Wed Jun 07 2000 10:36 pm
 > 
 >  > Except break Copyright laws. There's no "license agreement" when you buy 
 >  > either, but that doesn't give you the right to xerox it and give to your
 >  > friends.
 > 
 > No, but you do have a right to xerox it and use the copy yourself.  I used t
 > do exactly this with the Workshop Manual for my car (back when I used to tun
 > my own engines).  The xerox would get torn and stained with grease and dirt 
 > when it was illegible I'd make a new copy from the original book.
 > 
 > You also have a right to lend your copy of the book to friends and family, i
 > you choose to.  The DMCA now empowers the publisher to deny you the right to
 > lend the boog to another.  You can't even _discuss_ the book with a friend a
 > more.
Yup and you can and I do Photo Copy maps that I use in the field, I own the
original map, but it would never hold up in field conditions so I keep the
original safe and let the copies get rained on torn and messed up. Same thing.

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