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That's EU-wide law, plus the EEA. We also have this right: The person having a right to use a copy of a computer program shall be entitled, without the author
by 8372049 3y ago
That's EU-wide law, plus the EEA.
We also have this right:
The person having a right to use a copy of a computer program shall be entitled, without the authorisation of the rightholder, to observe, study or test the functioning of the program in order to determine the ideas and principles which underlie any element of the program if he does so while performing any of the acts of loading, displaying, running, transmitting or storing the program which he is entitled to do.
Article 5(3) and 6.
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:32009L0024 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:32...
- Avamander 3y agoOh, I didn't know it was an EU-wide directive. Estonian copyright law has contained that paragraph since 1992.
- btilly 3y agoBut those articles in no way gives one the right to harm the rightholder's business practices. For example by exposing them to public criticism. That potential limitation is implied in both 5.3 and 6.2.a. I don't know what other provisions of EU law might apply here. But it is literally the job of the lawyers issuing the threats to find potential gotchas like that. I would assume that they are competent.