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I rather like the idea, actually. I'll set up two LLCs. One will buy a copy of every Disney movie. It will sell the RIGHTS to use those movies to the other, but not the obligations. That second LLC can then make infinite copies of those movies and sell them for profit, legally, under Disney's interpretation.


They will, of course, argue that your LLC never bought any right to make and sell copies, so that right could not be passed on in a resale.


I think there was a case in the WTO the US lost that gave Trinidad and Tobago the legal authority to violate US copyright up to a certain amount...


That's their interpretation of the contract. In the sale I have chosen to interpret it differently, much as they have.




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