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Old 12-04-2007, 12:35 AM
Outlaw Outlaw is offline
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Originally Posted by jasonbirder
Copyright does not prohibit all copying or replication. The fair use doctrine, permits copying and distribution without permission of the copyright holder or payment to same. This allows the user to reproduce or adapt copyright material for personal or private use without permission from the copyright owner.
If, for the sake of argument, we disregard the EULA then the original hacker falls under the above protection which, IIRC, does not permit wholesale distribution, which is clearly the case here.

I do believe there is a provision for limited distribution for educational purposes but that clearly does not apply in this case.

--Outlaw.