archiving on inet
Lefty
lefty at apple.com
Tue Feb 1 10:45:27 PST 1994
Kirk Sheppard asks
>
>Finally what is the tangible difference between storing usenet postings
>on a hard disk for an indefinite time, or on a cd-rom, or a cd that is
>re-writable, or tape or any other storage device? Not very much I would
>argue.
I don't believe that _storage_ is the issue at all. If I purchase a copy
of a book, I don't believe that I'm violating copyright by making an
archival copy of it _for_ _my_ _own_ _use_.
If I start distributing or selling copies to other people, however, that's
a different matter.
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