Of course a technically savvy user can retrieve the underlying files, but this purportedly puts it under the legal framework of 'broadcasting' rather than 'copying', which is supposed to somehow limit legal remedies available to copyright owners. running a game in an in-browser emulator at but not providing download links. I suppose the implicit promise is that IA would demand the same in a lawsuit.Ģ) Only allow access to some works via 'streaming', e.g. software in conjunction with the Internet Explorer browser (version 4 to 7). Apparently, a whole goddamn lot of copyrights have hazy ownership thanks to corporate mergers/dissolutions/reorganizations being messy, but the claimed owners are rarely called on it. to run an emulator for an older Apple Operating System like Mini v Mac. There are two prongs to the strategy:ġ) Disable access to works upon request, but only after challenging the requesting party to substantiate the claim that they represent the actual copyright owner.

If I remember correctly (disclaimer: it's been a while since I read about this, and IANAL), they don't get permission in advance, but rather take steps to make themselves harder to attack legally.