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Re:UBlockOrigin GPL code being stolen by team behind Honey b... by globular-toast on Saturday January 04, 2025 @03:53AM (#42593507)
You didn't make that copy, the person you got it from did.

I don't need to be granted permission to run a program on my own computer.

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Re:UBlockOrigin GPL code being stolen by team behind Honey b... by kube-system on Monday January 06, 2025 @03:35PM (#42615406)
Downloading is both literally and legally "creating a copy", at least in the US. [0]

> I don't need to be granted permission to run a program on my own computer.

Correct, you can run programs on your computer without permission. It's the 'loading the program on to your disk' part that you may need permission for.

[0]: https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-digital.html

> Uploading or downloading works protected by copyright without the authority of the copyright owner is an infringement of the copyright owner's exclusive rights of reproduction and/or distribution.

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