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IANAL, but in what sense is a copy that isn't distributed a copy at all?
by jessaustin 5y ago
IANAL, but in what sense is a copy that isn't distributed a copy at all?
- gpm 5y agoIn the sense that previously one computer was running the software at a time, and now 1000 computers are running it because I copied it onto all of their disks/memory banks/CPUs. I still control all 1000 computers, but I'm doing something I fundamentally cannot do with a single copy. The question is a bit murky, not because it's unclear I'm making copies, but because some copying is fair use. For example to execute a program I need to copy it from the hard drive to ram, and (pieces of it) from the ram to the CPU. That's generally considered to be legal, despite being copying, approximately because it's necessary to use the program. The exact line here is not well defined. (Also not a lawyer, just a nerd)