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Re:OpenAI Asks White House for Relief from State AI Rules by fc417fc802 on Thursday March 13, 2025 @07:56PM (#43358419)
At home? Without ever sharing it with anyone? I thought making backups of things that you personally own was protected, at least in the US. Could you elaborate on my apparent misunderstanding?
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Re:OpenAI Asks White House for Relief from State AI Rules by paulddraper on Friday March 14, 2025 @11:43AM (#43363718)
> I thought making backups of things that you personally own was protected, at least in the US.

Of physical items? Where did you learn that?

> Could you elaborate on my apparent misunderstanding?

One of the six exclusive rights of copyright holders is "to reproduce the copyrighted work in copies or phonorecords."

(In certain circumstances, the Fair Use doctrine contravenes this right, but reproduction in whole is not such a circumstance.)

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