>On 9/15/99 13:36 Fabian Fang ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
>>eBay auction. I had to keep increasing my bids to unreasonably high
>>levels to beat out several very persistent competitors, while realizing
>>that it would not cost the seller more than a buck or two to reproduce the
>>CD.
>
>Well, it would be illegal to reproduce copyrighted material for resale
>without being authorized-- that is what makes the original of greater
>value. The quantity of illegal software (whether it be copies, education
>versions sold to ineligible buyers, etc.) being sold on auction sites is
>beginning to attract unwelcome attention, although there doesn't seem to
>be an easy solution.
>
>BC
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I think the point is that when it is put into free download status
it enters the public domain and is no longer protected, AFAIK.
Paul Nelson
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