[License-discuss] Golan v. Holder

[David Woolley]

John Cowan wrote:

> EULAs are not copyright licenses: they do not grant the right to 
> copy, distribute, publicly display, publicly perform, or prepare
> derivative works.
> 
Whilst that is largely true, it is country dependent.  They grant a 
right to copy within the computer, which is subject to a specific 
exemption in the US.  In the UK the actual right that is infringed is to 
use the software.

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