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[-] EmoThugInMyPhase@hexbear.net 15 points 5 months ago

What if they just… lied? Like is there really some 70 year old guy on the ethics and inventory committee going through the storage unit to make sure you have a physical copy of ET for the Atari?

[-] Moonworm@hexbear.net 11 points 5 months ago

It would probably jeopardize their funding and maybe even the entire organization if anyone were to ever find out.

[-] D61@hexbear.net 11 points 5 months ago

Copyright troll businesses are a thing, so probably covering as much of their ass as they can.

[-] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 8 points 5 months ago

If they actually want to publish research they need legal rights to break the DRM

[-] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 5 months ago

Copyright mafia is really incredibly asinine about it, normally people are protected by statistics and inertia somewhat, but once the mafia is aware of a particular case they immediately go for a throat.

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