On 09/25/2012 10:14 AM, John Hasler wrote:
The Wanderer writes:The only potential angle I can see is the fact that, in the case of software, you actually do have to copy it (at least into RAM) to be able to use it. I personally think that that's a flaw in the design of copyright lawUSA copyright law explicitly grants that right. <http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/117>
Thanks. That's very good to know.
From the wording of the statute, it even seems to cover the aspect I didn't
explicitly mention, of the need to copy when installing (since very few programs
nowadays are delivered in a run-without-installing form).
That seems to undermine the use-rights aspect of the EULA even more than I]
thought.
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