Karl A. Krueger kkrueger at example.edu
Wed Jan 4 02:31:26 EST 2006

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Mike Meyer <mwm at mired.org> wrote:
> 1) Executing software involves several copy operations. Each of those
>   potentially violate the copyright, and hence the copyright holder
>   can restrict execution of a program.

#include <disclaimer.h>

In the U.S. at least, there's a specific statute *exempting* the running
of software (and the making of backups) from copyright protection.  That
is, copyright does *not* grant the holder the right to restrain users
from executing a copy of software that they have legally obtained.

http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#117

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Karl A. Krueger <kkrueger at example.edu> { s/example/whoi/ }

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