Shannon's Journal Discussion Volume 3

[Havana]

@Shannon

Hey buddy, so my brother lives with us at home here in the UK. Hes today confided in me of just how badly hes lost motivation and cant seem to turn it on for his work and career which is stalling.

I wanted to know if its okay to allow him to use the UM/OP sub (downloaded to his phone) that I bought even though I want to start it for myself too in 35days time and continue when I get back to Europe?

thanks alot man!

No, your brother will need to purchase his own copy.

No one can be in possession of a copy, but the owner. If you purchased a copy for yourself, you must be the sole possessor.

If you are actively listening to UM/OP on a speaker for yourself, and your brother is exposed, that's perfectly fine. Putting a copy on your brother's phone is not.

FAQ doesn't make it clear if a person who was given a sub can give it back after a while or to somebody else entirely. For example it says:

The copy protection is designed to trigger if the program is benefitted from in a situation where fair value is not being returned for fair value. If you’re benefitting from the program, the only time it will not trigger the copy protection is if:
2. You transferred a copy you paid for without keeping any copies for yourself or anyone else.

If you buy it, and you give it to somebody, you must give the person all copies of it and stop using it.

So if Jake deletes his files, then after 35 days his brother deletes his files, according to the above it shouldn't trigger AP. The "fair use" thing seems subjective.

Also it says:

If you buy a copy of a program, and someone else is consistently using it while you are not being exposed, that is not fair use. A person other than the owner is getting value from the program, and that would trigger the copy protection.

Technically Jake won't be "the owner" for that month.

We know for sure that Jake giving the sub to his brother is perfectly fine. The question is can his brother give it back to him.