Re: Prohibition of "To operate the Multimedia Product commercially."
I see a distinction between a private performance (which may or may not be
commercial,) and a public performance (which may or may not be commercial).
The copyright owner has the exclusive right to authorize the public
performances, but absolutely no right to prohibit the private ones, even if
they are "commercial". If I let my sister play the game only if she does my
chores, or only if she pays me 25 cents, it may be commercial, but it
remains a private performance, and thus beyond the realm of the copyright.
John
John T. Mitchell
http://interactionlaw.com
On 10/7/05 4:25 PM, "Joseph Pietro Riolo" <josephpietrojeungriolo[_at_]gmail.com>
wrote:
> On 10/6/05, Freya Anderson <freya_anderson[_at_]eed.state.ak.us> wrote:
>>
>> I have no answer for your question, but I have another of my own. Why would
>> anyone purchase this software if they're not allowed "to operate" it? Am I
>> missing something here?
>
> The clause that starts with "To operate ..." is this:
>
> To operate the Multimedia Product commercially.
>
> "Multimedia Product" is defined as a game that I am going to install
> in my PC. In my case, it is Chessmaster 10th Edition.
>
>
> Joseph Pietro Riolo
> <josephpietrojeungriolo[_at_]gmail.com>
> <riolo[_at_]voicenet.com>
>
> Public domain notice: I put all of my expressions in this
> post in the public domain.
>
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