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Copyright makes the act of copying something illegal. The only thing the bits might give you is evidence of copying. Trying to think about the law governing hum
by greendestiny 18y ago
Copyright makes the act of copying something illegal. The only thing the bits might give you is evidence of copying. Trying to think about the law governing human actions only in terms of bits unsurprisingly fails.
- eru 18y agoIsn't it the act of redistributing that's illegal?
- greendestiny 18y agoEither way its what someone does, not the values of the bits that matters.
- swillden 18y agoNo, the copying is illegal as well. It's just that copying without redistribution is typically both hard to catch and not worth the copyright holder's attention. At least, that's how it is in US law. Details at: http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#106 http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#106