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There is no de jure legal requirement that the RIAA, Disney, Nintendo, or the government be "pleased to hear" about new technology.

And, while copyright prohibits some sorts of reproduction of copyrighted materials, it doesn't give rightsholders veto power over all downstream uses of legal copies.



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