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Disappointing

Posted Oct 22, 2012 4:17 UTC (Mon) by mjg59 (subscriber, #23239)
In reply to: Disappointing by butlerm
Parent article: Mozilla's web app store debuts in Firefox for Android

> Perhaps you could tell us which of the exclusive rights enumerated in 17 USC 106 is implicated by merely "studying the code":

17 USC 106 is generally not held in especially high regard by courts outside the US. Is it a right guaranteed by Berne?


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Disappointing

Posted Oct 22, 2012 11:35 UTC (Mon) by nye (guest, #51576) [Link]

>> Perhaps you could tell us which of the exclusive rights enumerated in 17 USC 106 is implicated by merely "studying the code":

> 17 USC 106 is generally not held in especially high regard by courts outside the US. Is it a right guaranteed by Berne?

I can't believe there's any dispute here. The right to look at a copyrighted work is so obviously not exclusive to the copyright holder that your diversion is completely absurd.

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