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Re:“Good Luck with That” Public License by eboyjr on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @11:48AM (#17248084)
Maybe it should be more explicit:

> No person shall, without the authority of the copyright owner or the law intentionally remove or alter any copyright management information.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/1202

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Re:“Good Luck with That” Public License by Shish2k on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @07:37PM (#17252060)
> No person shall, without the authority of the copyright owner

If the copyright holder is explicitly telling the user to remove all trace of them, that seems like they are granting the authority to do so, no?

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Re:“Good Luck with That” Public License by eboyjr on Friday June 08, 2018 @02:08PM (#17268161)
Basically yes. Thinking as a lawyer though you don't want to leave interpretation of "trace or track" to a judge. In the rare case that there is a dispute, it opens it up for ambiguities which increase risk.
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Re:“Good Luck with That” Public License by bhhaskin on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @11:52AM (#17248121)
I mean sure. If you want to do it by the books, but the whole thing is a joke.
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Re:“Good Luck with That” Public License by eboyjr on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @11:55AM (#17248161)
Right. I hope nobody actually uses this joke because to a lawyer it is not so.
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Re:“Good Luck with That” Public License by Mithorium on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @12:08PM (#17248271)
leave it to the lawyers to take the fun out of everything :(
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