• Bakkoda@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Every time you load an app into memory you are making a copy and therefore you are a criminal.

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      4 months ago

      This is the “theory” by which publishers try to justify the validity of EULAs (they argue: “buying the thing isn’t enough; you need to agree to this to be able to actually use it”).

      But, fun fact: copyright law has a specific carve-out for that incidental copy, 17 USC §117 (a) (1), which means EULAs offer no ‘consideration’ and are therefore bunk.