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“Can a one judge sitting somewhere in a trial court issue an order that says nobody in the world is allowed to have, to use, to improve or to develop software for playing multimedia content without the permission of the manufacturers of the content themselves? .. This is an astonishing development in the course of our understanding of what we call the copyright bargain, the relationship between authors' rights, publishers' leverages and consumers' needs.”

Quote by Eben Moglen

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Eben Moglen
Eben Moglen

Eben Moglen is a renowned law professor, born on July 13, 1959. He has a deep academic background and extensive practical experience in the field of law, particularly in computer law and intellectual property rights. more

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