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Copyright gives the holders the right to determine how copies can be distributed. A digital copy of a work is obviously not transformative of the work. I can't
by sumeno 3y ago
Copyright gives the holders the right to determine how copies can be distributed.
A digital copy of a work is obviously not transformative of the work. I can't rip my old DVDs and say the digital copy is transformative to get around copyright.
A similar example, you can't make an audiobook of a book you own and then make that available to others even though that is obviously MORE transformative than what IA is arguing.
- AnthonyMouse 3y ago> Copyright gives the holders the right to determine how copies can be distributed. Subject to fair use and the first sale doctrine. > A digital copy of a work is obviously not transformative of the work. I can't rip my old DVDs and say the digital copy is transformative to get around copyright. Ripping DVDs gets prosecuted under DMCA 1201 for circumventing copy protection, not because format shifting media you own can't be fair use. See Betamax case.