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Cake day: June 30th, 2023

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  • Let’s say I bought a book. A real hardcover copy of Harry potter and the fucking scarecrow (again).

    Do I own it?

    I own the physical media, the author or publisher can’t stop my from reading it, or even reading it out loud to a crowd of people. They can’t remotely delete the pages either.

    I don’t own the copyrighted text but I do, in fact, own the copy of the book.

    Is it a perpetual license that let’s me read the book as long as the physical media is in my posession?

    Same goes for the CD. It’s not rented and it’s not a license, OP owns it and can use it. Adobe develops and owns the source code that they compile, package and sell.