Re: Lets talk about the requesting of stuff on this forum
@Ethin
Thanks for the references.
I Note that the limitation on exclusive rights in 17 U.S.C. 117 for purposes of interoperability grants the (legal) owner of a computer program a very limited right to make a copy for enumerated purposes.
However, this limitation would only protect someone whose 'ownership' was already legal.
It would not grant any protection to someone who downloaded old unmaintained software from the internet, unless the act of acquiring the software was in itself legal.
Of course, one might argue that every copy is identical, but for purposes of copyright law, it's really important (legally) how you acquire that copy.
The exemption to the exclusive right of reproduction as far I understand in addition to requiring legal ownership also contingent on the copy being made from a legal source.
Even though someone once bought a license to an old piece of software, he or she can 9;t just grab a copy from the internet.
This question whether it's legal to 'restore' something you bought from an unofficial source provided that you owna license, has never been definitively answered.
In any case, it would not legalize making available said software to the public.
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