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For other media, format-shifting does have precedent; MP3 players survived the RIAA, for instance. I don't see a meaningful difference for software.
by tadfisher 4y ago
For other media, format-shifting does have precedent; MP3 players survived the RIAA, for instance. I don't see a meaningful difference for software.
- 0xcde4c3db 4y agoWhile I'm ill-equipped to properly analyze that comparison, I'd generally be wary of generalizing from rulings about music recordings, which get special treatment under US copyright law. They're even represented by a distinct category, "phonorecords", explicitly excluded from the definition of "copies".