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>Fair use

Precisely. Simply owning a book doesn't mean "I can do anything I want to it".

The same applies to copyright material online - just because you own a computer doesn't mean you own the intellectual property on it. You're free to scribble on your computer case though.



> Simply owning a book doesn't mean "I can do anything I want to it".

You can do anything you want to the physical book. You can scribble in it, tear pages out, burn it. There is no question that this is the case.

What you cannot do is copy, redistribute, etc. the book.

The same ought to be true of web pages.


This thread is still about ad blocking, right?




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