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The person running the server is the one who is creating the copy and doing the distribution, not you the user.
by jcranmer 5y ago
The person running the server is the one who is creating the copy and doing the distribution, not you the user.
- jl6 5y agoDubious, when the user is the one initiating the copy (by requesting the download) and the one benefiting from the copy.
- addaon 5y agoEven if you argue that the initial copy of the work in RAM in your network stack was created by the server operator, you're likely to make copies from there: copies in RAM if your network stack is not zero copy; copies to disk if these pages swap; and copies to disk if you save the files. See e.g. https://scholarship.law.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1602&context=lawreview https://scholarship.law.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1602...