On Fri, 3 Aug 2001, Paul G. Allen wrote:
> Under copyright law, under fair use, once I purchase something -
> ANYTHING - I can use it however I damn well please as long as it's for
> my own use, for educational purposes, and I do not make a profit or
> significantly cut into the copyright holders profit. Copyright law
> outweighs EULA's, so along came so-called "license agreements",
> harware to circumvent our fair use, and DMCA.
Actually, the DMCA _is_ the copyright law workaround ;)
cheers,
Rik
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