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Re:Internet Archive loses appeal over eBook lending by codedokode on Thursday September 05, 2024 @07:16AM (#41455495)
The law says that copy is something that is "fixed" on a tangible medium. DRAM might not fall under that definition.
Re:Internet Archive loses appeal over eBook lending by pie_flavor on Thursday September 05, 2024 @09:10PM (#41461899)
It does if the copy is "more than transitory". Software in RAM is a full copy and remains there as long as the program runs, so that can be an unlicensed copy per MAI v Peak (but if you had a license to the original, there's an explicit legal carveout for RAM copies). It would depend on how far the data is buffered and how long it is cached.