Tim Jackson wrote: [...] > How much bearing do you think 17 U.S.C. has on European law?
17 U.S.C. is currently known in European law as Article 5 "Exceptions to the restricted acts" of DIRECTIVE 2009/24/EC: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:111:0016:0022:EN:PDF "Article 5 Exceptions to the restricted acts 1. In the absence of specific contractual provisions, the acts referred to in points (a) and (b) of Article 4(1) shall not require authorisation by the rightholder where they are necessary for the use of the computer program by the lawful acquirer in accordance with its intended purpose, including for error correction. 2. The making of a back-up copy by a person having a right to use the computer program may not be prevented by contract in so far as it is necessary for that use. ..." _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
