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The Amazon package was on the front porch for like two hours... There was nothing that said it wasn't available to anyone outside the house. It's like they want
by slowmovintarget 4y ago
The Amazon package was on the front porch for like two hours... There was nothing that said it wasn't available to anyone outside the house. It's like they wanted us to take it.
A work with no license file is private by default, even if you can see it.
- ormaaj 4y agoWrong. If the work were unpublished however then that would be a very different situation.
- colejohnson66 4y agoThey’re not wrong. In countries with implicit copyright (those following TRIPS[0]), barring any license to the contrary, you have no right to the copyrighted work published online. In other words, unlicensed code is “all rights reserved, no exceptions.” [0]: TRIPS Article 9 Section 1: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Agreement_on_Trade-Related_Aspects_of_Intellectual_Property_Rights https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Agreement_on_Trade-Related_As...
- ormaaj 4y agoThere are numerous rights and exceptions. Which exceptions apply vary by country and I can't speak for all countries, but virtually nothing in copyright law is strictly without exception. Unsurprisingly there's no shortage of people eager to convince you otherwise. As an aside it is very strange that so many people derive their understanding of copyright law from various international treaties. These very rarely come into play in actual U.S. copyright cases and have little influence over the way courts interpret the law.
- topkai22 4y agoMore like the Amazon package was left, opened, near the neighborhood book sharing drop where people customarily leave things to be taken for free. A person should be able to recover that package, law enforcement might help recover the package, but it is unlikely a DA would prosecute for theft, and it would be very difficult to win damages if recovered.