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That is not a blanket exemption. It is for "the owner of a copy of a computer program". If you stole a copy of Microsoft Office on CD from a shop (back when t
by ectopod 5y ago
That is not a blanket exemption. It is for "the owner of a copy of a computer program".
If you stole a copy of Microsoft Office on CD from a shop (back when that was a thing) it seems clear that using the software would have been a copyright infringement because you wouldn't have been the owner.
In this case you have the right to download the software (via the github agreement) but how does that relate to ownership and the legal exemption? I've no idea.
- gpm 5y agoI believe "owner" here is just referring to classical property rights, you literally own the magnetized platter which encodes the program, like you literally own the ink and paper that makes up a book. Once you've downloaded the software you have a version of it on your hard disk (or ssd) that you literally "own" (but you don't own the copyright to it).