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Originally Posted by simarc
There's no doubt that they would lose that case.
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Really? I see plenty of doubt they'd lose that case. When you purchased the artifact, did it say "all rights included"? No? You just lost.
Think of it like buying a DVD. You can watch it all you want, in the privacy of your own home. Take it on the road with you when you're traveling. Lend it to a friend, maybe. Draw pretty pictures on it, turn it into an ashtray. Whatever. You "own" it. But you don't have the right to make copies for distribution (or even for friends), nor the right to hook up your set to some system that allows the whole neighborhood to watch (whether you charge them or not). We went through all this with "home taping" of records. Legally, you are permitted one homemade copy of any record/CD you own. One (because the law recognizes that smart people may prefer not to wear out the original copy if they don't have to). That's it.
Now, are there people out there doing more than the law technically allows (and getting away with it)? Absolutely. But just because "everybody speeds" when driving doesn't change the underlying illegality of the act. Try "everybody does it" as a defense in court, if you think I'm wrong.
If you want to avoid any question of what you can or can not do, only make purchases that specify "all rights included" or similar.