One backer took the day off of work to spend her hours making calls to friends and urging them to donate.

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A. at Northwestern and met with friends every month to drink beer and brainstorm plans for various businesses, microbrewing and artisanal cheese making among them.

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This is, to put it mildly, an unorthodox interpretation of the DMCA. The whole point of the DMCA is to prevent even lawful owners of copy-protected content from making copies and giving them to their friends.

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