[nzlug] Copyright, Fair Trading and Software Freedom

[Matthew Poole]

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Bruce Kingsbury wrote:

| I always understood that we (the consumer) _did_ have the right to make
| copies for fair dealing, backup, educational use, and timeshifting.
|
Nobody was quite sure what was permitted, which is why the phrase
"clarify and amend" was used. The old Act was pretty narrow and
draconian, hence needing clarification.
The assumption on the part of copyright owners was that they had to
anoint any use that wasn't the single backup copy of software, or
time-shifting a broadcasted work. Consumers thought, as you did that,
they could do the same things the US concept of "fair use" allowed,
which mostly *wasn't* allowed under NZ law.
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Matthew Poole
"Don't use force. Get a bigger hammer."
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