From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,c42dbf68f5320193 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-10 23:12:45 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.kjsl.com!HSNX.atgi.net!cyclone-sf.pbi.net!64.245.249.51!sfo2-feed1.news.algx.net!allegiance!news-out.spamkiller.net!propagator2-la!propagator-la!news-in.superfeed.net!newsfeed01.tsnz.net!news.xtra.co.nz!not-for-mail From: "AG" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <3CDAA2DA.4526E848@san.rr.com> <5ee5b646.0205100932.279fb402@posting.google.com> Subject: Re: More on copyright, (Re: TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Message-ID: Date: Sat, 11 May 2002 18:13:49 +1200 NNTP-Posting-Host: 210.86.43.44 X-Complaints-To: newsadmin@xtra.co.nz X-Trace: news.xtra.co.nz 1021097564 210.86.43.44 (Sat, 11 May 2002 18:12:44 NZST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 11 May 2002 18:12:44 NZST Organization: Xtra Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:23884 Date: 2002-05-11T18:13:49+12:00 List-Id: "Robert Dewar" wrote in message news:5ee5b646.0205100932.279fb402@posting.google.com... > Darren New wrote in message news:<3CDAA2DA.4526E848@san.rr.com>... > > "Alexandre E. Kopilovitch" wrote: > > > Just wonder, what will happen if I create my own > > > comments on that film on > > > _separate_ cassete, then bundle it with legally > > > obtained (bought) original > > > thing, and begin to sell such packages? If this may be > > > considered as copyright > > > violation, then - at which step it occurs? > > That sounds fine. As long as the two are separate, and your > tape is otherwise on secure grounds, no problem Looks like the term "separate" is the key in this discussion. However, what happens if the changes can't be separated? Consider a case where someone owns a legaly obtained copy of an ancient software (let's say RT11 or so for the sake of argument) which has been extensively modified for the personal use. Now, the person would like to give that extensively modified version to a friend who's also interested in such relics. All the original paperwork would be long since lost, the company that created that is no more (for some years), it's buyer is about to go out of existence too. So, how far do the checks extend? Is a user who have no idea of the original owner of the work (considering that the original owner no longer exist) required to hire some private eyes just to trace who *may* or *may not* own that piece of software at the moment? If anyone that is...