Topic 'Re: Amazon who?' in forum '' - dslreports.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Amazon-who-21532816 en Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:09:22 EDT Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:09:22 EDT Re: Amazon who? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Amazon-who-21537213 said by amigo_boy:

said by Skippy25:

It is a copyrighted website that is being altered.
That's an interesting proposition. Once they deliver the page to me, it should be mine to do whatever I want as long as I don't distribute a derivative work.

If modifying a page delivered to my machine (to be displayed to me) is a problem, it seems like Ad Block Plus would be too.

Mark
This is correct. Once you visit the website, it is cached data that resides on your HD. You own the right to modify the bits on that HD, but let me make it clear you do NOT own the right to the content but you have the right to modify the content as you please. However, redistributing the content would probably be crossing the line, but if its a modification for personal use only, it would be kinda hard to argue that in court.

For those who want to argue this. What can you argue? That you don't have the right to read/write/delete data (bits) to your own HD? Yeah, let me know when you find a law that says that :).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Amazon-who-21537213 Sat, 06 Dec 2008 11:03:01 EDT Re: Amazon who? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Amazon-who-21534702 said by Skippy25:

It is a copyrighted website that is being altered.
That's an interesting proposition. Once they deliver the page to me, it should be mine to do whatever I want as long as I don't distribute a derivative work.

If modifying a page delivered to my machine (to be displayed to me) is a problem, it seems like Ad Block Plus would be too.

Mark]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Amazon-who-21534702 Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:08:19 EDT Re: Amazon who? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Amazon-who-21534028
That would be my guess as to the reason the would give.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Amazon-who-21534028 Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:51:09 EDT Amazon who? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Amazon-who-21532816
Surely, there is no reason to stop someone from distributing a plug-in and surely there is no reason to stop people from installing it if they want to.

The plug-in could have redirected people to the Border's web site instead of TPB. No difference.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Amazon-who-21532816 Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:24:18 EDT