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Copyright only protects distribution and derivative works. I can keep a copy of it on my local machine for as long as I want. Theoretically I can keep it until the copyright expires and then I can do whatever the fuck I want with it.

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I can keep it until the copyright expires and then I can do whatever the fuck I want with it.

general copyright is 70 years. So no. You couldnโ€™t do whatever you wanted with it as the computer youโ€™re using would be long deadโ€ฆ and possibly youโ€™d even be long dead. Replicating the content to another device without owners consent could and likely would be a violation of that same copyright.

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Replicating a personal backup to another device is covered by free use. Only distribution and derivative works are covered by copyright.

And yes, the length of copyright is way too long. It recon it should be the same as patents, 20 years. Or let it be as long as the warranty and let the big companies duke it out with each other.

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