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Doxintoday at 8:16 AM1 replyview on HN

You can still share pre-DRM copyrighted work without running afoul of any laws. Stuff like lending out or selling VHS tapes. Copyright is concerned about copying, not about moving. Digital media just makes the line between copying and moving sufficiently blurry that companies get away with making moving impossible under the guise of making copying impossible.


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frollogastontoday at 3:27 PM

Exactly, which is why the article is right to focus on physical media, it's the only practical way to allow moving without copying.