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A Streaming Platform Can Sell You a Movie, Then Take It Back When Its Own License With the Studio Expires. Only One State Requires It to Say So Before You Click "Buy."
"Buy" and "purchase" on a digital storefront have never meant what they mean everywhere else — the transaction is a revocable license, and companies have said so explicitly in court.
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Breaking the Encryption on a DVD You Own Has No Legal Defense, Regardless of Intent. Anthropic Downloaded Half a Million Pirated Books and Got a Real Day in Court.
An ordinary person circumventing DRM to watch a movie they legally bought has zero fair-use defense available under the DMCA. A company t...
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