[CS-FSLUG] Microsoft CDs

[Fred A. Miller]

On Thursday 11 August 2005 8:31 am, Frank Bax wrote:
> >I have the legal right to have a backup CD for my own personal use.
>
> That's not quite what Canadian law says.  As I was once told by a lawyer,
> you can "have" a backup only if you "make" the backup yourself.  If a
> friend makes a copy of your disk and then returns both original and copy,
> the copy would be illegal.

Now, that's ignorant! Is it any wonder that the vast majority have NO use for 
politicians, lawyers, and bean counters?!

Fred

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