andrel wrote:
> On 05-Jan-09 21:59, Darren New wrote:
>> andrel wrote:
>>> You could be right, but my guess is that even if pirated DVD's are 
>>> not illegal in China (which I doubt)
>>
>> What makes you think they're pirated?
> 
> because they were too cheap is the usual answer.

But the "real" DVDs are cheap in china too. Nobody has the money to pay a 
week's salary for a USD$20 DVD in china.

> never claimed that, I think I said "you are guilty of something that I 
> don't know the English word for"

True. I still don't know what that might be, tho. Patents cover importation 
of counterfeit goods.  I don't think they cover copyrighted materials, and 
copyright is about copying, not transporting.

>> The rule *here* is you can have *at least* one copy as a backup. At 
>> least for software.
> 
> interesting.

Of course the copyright holder can give you permission to make more than one 
copy for your own use. The trick is that they're not allowed to make it 
impossible for you to back up your software. (I'm pretty sure something like 
DVDs are a different set of rules - it all boils down to a big pile of 
special cases called "fair use".)

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Why is there a chainsaw in DOOM?
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