"Warp" <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote in message
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> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:

>   This fact causes a curious situation in particular with computer
programs.
> Finnish law explicitly states that creating backup copies of computer
> programs is a basic right, and moreover it explicitly says that any part
> of the program's license agreement which prohibits backupping is
> non-enforceable.
>
>   But then, what happens with computer programs with copy protection?
> In other words, those which even if you try to copy them, won't work from
> the copy. They are technically speaking breaking Finnish law by
disallowing
> a basic right.

I'm not sure if that's the case. Does the Finnish law stipulate that the
application itself has to be written in a way so as to make sure that it
runs from backup copies? License agreement and program behaviour are
different, IMO. The latter may specifically need to be regulated by content
laws (such as prohibiting games from depicting Nazi material).

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