I was in DC this weekend and spoke with someone at the Library of=20
Congress distributing information on copy right laws. I asked him about=20=
our little discussion here and he told me that using, coping, and=20
distributing someone's software with out there consent is not legal, but=20=
the seriousness is not very clear. I
asked what happens when you try to contact the copyright holder and you=20=
do not succeed and you break the copyright anyways. He said that you=20
will just have to try to prove to a judge that you made a good effort to=20=
contact, but that did not mean you would win the case simply because you=20=
tried, nor does it mean your attempt is meaningless. It is all up to=20
the judge. I left him with him commenting that there are a lot of=20
different arguments that can be made, and if you break a copyright, you=20=
do so at your own risk.
hope this help.
-- Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to=20=hate, hate leads to suffering-- Yoda, Jedi Master =EF=A3=BF
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