Re: FW: Windows Live and Privacy

["Brian Loe" <knobdy () gmail com>]

On 12/5/06, Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com> wrote:

> I disagree. The copyright was infringed. What I thnk you mean, is that the
> copyright was not enforced, and the pirate was not sued in the civil
> courts.

You're simply wrong. I can not explain it any better. The ONLY way
this could possibly be an issue otherwise is, as with a painting, you
copy it and pass if off as that artist's work. That's forgery and not
a copyright issue. Someone dressing and looking and, god forbid,
acting like you isn't illegal (people do it all the time - 500 Elvi in
Vegas!) but if they try and pass themselves off as you then it is, but
again, not a copyright violation.

> I'm not asking for a right to privacy in public areas. I'm asking for my
> intellectual property to be respected and not infringed. What would you
> say if someone sat in the middle of Central Park and made copies of
> Microsoft Windows? It's infringement of copyright, even though it's being
> done in a public place.
Oooh...fatal error. You do not OWN MS Windows - only Microsoft does.
You have a copy and a LICENSE to use that copy and that is all. What
is on that disc is not public, same as a bathroom in central park is
not.
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