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Re:Ubisoft deleted account with hundreds of dollars’ worth o... by xhrpost on Monday December 27, 2021 @12:46AM (#29699753)
I remember a story a while back of a gentleman who had a house fire and then went and later pirated all the music CDs he had lost. I think they interviewed a copyright lawyer who basically says that the law doesn't permit that, I remember the quote that buying a copy entitles you to a copy and that "there is no such thing as a listening right".
Re:Ubisoft deleted account with hundreds of dollars’ worth o... by MattGaiser on Monday December 27, 2021 @01:05AM (#29699891)
But is it that particular copy? If I backup a digital file that I buy and it gets deleted and I have to restore from the backup, is that offside?
Re:Ubisoft deleted account with hundreds of dollars’ worth o... by sp332 on Monday December 27, 2021 @12:56AM (#29699828)
That's a little different. Copyright, without any license involved, is very strict about the copying, how the copy gets made and where it's copied from. But if there's a license, things might get fuzzier.