At 07:27 PM 4/17/2007, Axle Gear wrote:
>It's not the redistribution that bothers me. (in fact, that's not even
>illegal. Long story, i'd need to quote sections of copyright law to
>explain. Even then most folks will ignore it.)
Quote them. I want you to try to defend that it's not illegal so that
people can see why defending like you may or may not is a bad idea.
Please don't get the mistaken idea that "it's okay as long as you don't
make money", because this will get you into a whole mess of trouble. The
only thing you are allowed to do unless specifically given rights otherwise
is re-sell the item, as long as you lose the copy and somebody else gains it.
In fact, years ago, there was chaos over Yahoo's ToS change about "The
right to publish blah blah blah" and people crying "We're giving away our
rights!"... Well, no, not giving away. You're just giving Yahoo the right
to show the stuff you put on their server to other people, otherwise Yahoo
doesn't have that right and cannot show it to people who request to see it.
Unless you are a lawyer, I would not ever advise anybody that
"redistribution is legal" unless you want folks like the RIAA to love you
for getting them more money from lawsuits against people who believe you.
Received on Tue Apr 17 2007 - 18:42:41 CDT