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> From: Eric Smith <eric@BROUHAHA.COM>
> I can buy one copy, modify that copy, and sell it to another party.
> I am left with zero copies.  I haven't created any new copies,
> except possible a transient copy that was necessary to the process of
> modification.

The process you describe will violate its copyright in most countries.  In
the US the 1% rule in liability gives the copyright holder a vested
financial
interest in this kind of activity.

Reverse engineering for commercial gain lowers the amount of risk that a
company will take in the development of new technology. This in turn will
slow the discovery of new technology and techniques.


Walter Banks