Alexander Terekhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > David Kastrup wrote: >> >> Alexander Terekhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > Stefaan A Eeckels wrote: >> > [...] >> >> > "There is no dispute that section 109 applies to works in digital >> >> > form. Physical copies of works in a digital format, such as CDs >> >> > or DVDs, are subject to section 109 in the same way as physical >> >> > copies in analog form. Similarly, a lawfully made tangible copy >> >> > of a digitally downloaded work, such as a work downloaded to a >> >> > floppy disk, Zip disk, or CD-RW, is clearly subject to section >> >> > 109." >> >> >> >> But that doesn't clarify the status of a copy downloaded to a hard >> >> disk and then copied to CD-R(W). One cannot directly write to a CD >> >> type device, because the file has to be written to another file >> >> that contains the filesystem. Is this intermediate copy lawful? >> > >> > Uhmm. I think that all those intermediate copies fall under 17 USC >> > 117 "archival purposes" (at least for programs ;-) ). Intermediate >> > archival purposes. >> >> I suppose that you look up "archive" in a dictionary of your choice. > > Uh, "the material preserved". (See also 17 USC 117.)
Yes, and a preparatory step for creating a CD can hardly be called a preservational measure. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
