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Blizzard -- хозяева известной игры WoW -- подали в суд на автора бота (программы, играющей автоматически) за нарушение копирайта. На слэшдоте пытаются понять, при чем тут копирайт. Гениальное:
- They are claiming that the tool makes a copy of the game and stores it to ram to avoid their anti-cheating checks. Interesting to see if it is illegal to make a temporary copy (for your own personal use) of a program you legally purchased.
- How on earth do you load the program into memory (and once again into CPU cache) to run it if you can't???
- You have a right to copy the program into RAM in order to run it, if that copy is going to be used for a purpose that complies with the EULA. However, here the programmer is using the program in a way that doesn't comply with the EULA. Therefore, he is not only violating the EULA, but also their copyright, because he is making a copy for an unauthorized purpose.

Date: 2008-03-27 02:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ilya-dogolazky.livejournal.com
Если взять оптический носитель (типа сидишки) с программой и поместить перед зеркалом, возникают два вопроса:
1. Получилась ли таким образом a temporary copy (for personal use, разумеется)?
2. Нарушает ли такое ипользование программы Еулу (кем бы эта Еула ни была)?

Date: 2008-03-27 02:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] birdwatcher.livejournal.com
Вот, ты понимаешь.

Date: 2008-03-27 10:22 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] nine_k
Зачёт :)