Hi,
The answer lies in the agreements you have already and may sign up to in the future as there is no criminal law governing the ownership of software - save to say that using it without a licence to do so is illegal.
Check the contract you have with the university and see if there are any clauses around "produced works" etc. If there is no specific reference to the ownerhip of works produced during your time at the university then be open and honest and find out if there is a policy. If there is a policy, request to have it put into the contract.
Hope this helps.
Surely being a time capsule, you would want to store the content on the most prevalent media of today, as the media itself should be representative of the time the content was created.
You make a very ill advised and novice arguement here i'm afraid.
Firstly you are not allowed to do "damn near anything" with it. You bought the RIGHT TO USE it, you didn't buy it outright. Microsoft still own the rights to VISTA. When you purchase the RIGHT TO USE software you do so within the terms of an End User License Agreement (EULA). These typically vary from publisher to publisher. Whilst criminal copyright laws do exist, if you breach a civil agreement held between you and a software publisher, ie an EULA, you run the risk of being prosecuted for breaking the terms of the agreement.
You will find that there are numerous cases of litigation which show very well that there are in fact many "God damned things in the world" allowing them to dictate how you use their property. I reiterate that the software is still their property.
Sadly the law isnt as simple as "its your right if you paid for it" things are a bit more complicated in this day and age i'm afraid!
People will argue about the validity of EULA's till the cows come home but the idea of an EULA is that it is an agreement set up between the publisher and the user. An agreement of trust. If cases go to court, typically that means that the trust has been breached. Why shouldn't the creator of the intellectual property specify how it should be used? Just because the theft does not deprive the owner of the ability to use what has been created, doesn't mean it's ok to break a contract. The EULA has to be accepted before the product is installed. If you decline to accept the EULA you are within your rights to return the sotware and ask for a full refund! (to which you are entitled)
If you don't like the terms of their EULA then refrain from using it, instead of finding holes in their terms.
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Hi, The answer lies in the agreements you have already and may sign up to in the future as there is no criminal law governing the ownership of software - save to say that using it without a licence to do so is illegal. Check the contract you have with the university and see if there are any clauses around "produced works" etc. If there is no specific reference to the ownerhip of works produced during your time at the university then be open and honest and find out if there is a policy. If there is a policy, request to have it put into the contract. Hope this helps.
Surely being a time capsule, you would want to store the content on the most prevalent media of today, as the media itself should be representative of the time the content was created.
You make a very ill advised and novice arguement here i'm afraid. Firstly you are not allowed to do "damn near anything" with it. You bought the RIGHT TO USE it, you didn't buy it outright. Microsoft still own the rights to VISTA. When you purchase the RIGHT TO USE software you do so within the terms of an End User License Agreement (EULA). These typically vary from publisher to publisher. Whilst criminal copyright laws do exist, if you breach a civil agreement held between you and a software publisher, ie an EULA, you run the risk of being prosecuted for breaking the terms of the agreement. You will find that there are numerous cases of litigation which show very well that there are in fact many "God damned things in the world" allowing them to dictate how you use their property. I reiterate that the software is still their property. Sadly the law isnt as simple as "its your right if you paid for it" things are a bit more complicated in this day and age i'm afraid! People will argue about the validity of EULA's till the cows come home but the idea of an EULA is that it is an agreement set up between the publisher and the user. An agreement of trust. If cases go to court, typically that means that the trust has been breached. Why shouldn't the creator of the intellectual property specify how it should be used? Just because the theft does not deprive the owner of the ability to use what has been created, doesn't mean it's ok to break a contract. The EULA has to be accepted before the product is installed. If you decline to accept the EULA you are within your rights to return the sotware and ask for a full refund! (to which you are entitled) If you don't like the terms of their EULA then refrain from using it, instead of finding holes in their terms.