Re: Re: Running Software, Copyright, and SCO

From: Bryan Taylor <bryan_w_taylor[_at_]yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 10:45:26 -0400

• "Robert F. Bodi" <lawlists[_at_]bodi.com> wrote:

> Typically, end users don't infringe copyrights because they don't copy.
> However, the case for software is different, because the end user DOES copy
> the software by the nature of installing it. Whether a court would find
> that copying protected under the statute I am not sure, as I that person is
> not a proper "owner". But in the end, the issue is likely moot, because
> such a person is unlikely to be charged with infringement.

It is not moot. This disucssion has arisen because of the facts in an actual lawsuit.

Why do you say the person is not a proper "owner"?

If I go to the store and buy a blank CD and burn music on it without a licence and sell it to you, who owns the CD?

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