In article <d47$488e1093$7274@news.teranews.com>, "Edwin" <crab@pple.com> wrote:
> >> >> You may think so, but I'm using any picture frame I want to. > >> > > >> > That's because the particular terms under which you purchased that > >> > photo > >> > don't preclude it. > >> > >> That's because nobody could enforce such terms. > > > > They absolutely could. > > No they couldn't.
Yes, they could. When you buy a picture from a photographer, he can place restrictions on how you use it.
> > >> > >> > Now answer my question: > >> > > >> > Can you use a picture license for use in one magazine in an entirely > >> > different one? > >> > >> No, but what does public display and distribution of pictures have to do > >> with running software on a personal computer for oneself? Your > >> analogy > >> makes no sense. > > > > It makes perfect sense. > > No it doesn't.
LOL
> > > Intellectual property is *licensed*. > > I see you have to drop back to an abstract level. Distribution of pictures > are not license by opening the package they come in. They're not licensed > by some text included with them that says if you use them you agree to > certain terms.
How does dropping back to an abstract level change anything? Most pictures aren't licensed that way, I agree. But buy a bunch of stock images and see if you can violate the terms of their licensing.
> > You have to agree to the terms of > > the license unless those terms are in violation of the law of the land. > > Now you're starting to get it, in the last part of your sentence. Only > terms the law allows can be enforced.
So show a law that disallows the terms under discussion; you claim one exists.
> > > You've yet to show a single thing that indicates that Apple's license is > > in violation of anything. > > Since I never claimed they were in violation of anything, I have no need to > show anything.
So if Apple's terms aren't in violation of any law, how is it that you claim that they are unenforceable on anyone?
-- Alan Baker Vancouver, British Columbia <http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg>
