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AVM vs. Cybits - right to modify one's own routerAVM vs. Cybits - right to modify one's own routerPosted Nov 4, 2011 11:15 UTC (Fri) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313)In reply to: AVM vs. Cybits - right to modify one's own router by giraffedata Parent article: ELCE11: Till Jaeger on AVM vs. Cybits
while there are some stupid court decisions out there (where they say that copyright lets the author control everything done with their code because it is copied into ram to run), copyright only affects making copies, so pasting a new chapter into a book isn't copying anything.
if you try and pass the result off as the work of the original author, that author can sue you for misrepresentation, trademark dilution, etc, but not copyright.
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AVM vs. Cybits - right to modify one's own router Posted Nov 4, 2011 21:30 UTC (Fri) by giraffedata (subscriber, #1954) [Link] copyright only affects making copies, That doesn't appear to be the case. The US copyright statute lists a bunch of things the copyright owner has the exclusive right to do. Making a copy is one. Performing in public is another. "Preparing" a derivative work is another. Claims reported in the article suggest the same is true of German copyright.
AVM vs. Cybits - right to modify one's own router Posted Nov 7, 2011 21:31 UTC (Mon) by samroberts (subscriber, #46749) [Link]
I don't know about the example of pasting a new chapter into a physical copy of a book, but Francis Hwang got in trouble for doing the digital equivalent in the US:
http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/news/2004/12/65959
AVM vs. Cybits - right to modify one's own router Posted Nov 14, 2011 0:41 UTC (Mon) by DHR (guest, #81356) [Link]
@samroberts "Francis Hwang got in trouble for doing the digital equivalent in the US"
That doesn't seem to be legal trouble. It seems Ebay has an odd takedown policy.
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