RAM does count. Router buffers also count. However, the DMCA grants exemptions for ISPs provided they promptly eliminate such information when informed of a (real or alleged) copyright violation. In practical terms, these are impossible to enforce for such volitile memory systems, but they are nevertheless examples of technical violations of copyright and of how absurd the book law has become.
This is quite similar to Jessica Litman's example of your kids technically violating copyright by acting out Star Wars in your family room with one too many relatives present. The problem is not that these technical violations will be enforced. The problem is that such an absurd law exists on the books. It really brings the validity of the entire system into question.
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RAM does count. Router buffers also count. However, the DMCA grants exemptions for ISPs provided they promptly eliminate such information when informed of a (real or alleged) copyright violation. In practical terms, these are impossible to enforce for such volitile memory systems, but they are nevertheless examples of technical violations of copyright and of how absurd the book law has become.
This is quite similar to Jessica Litman's example of your kids technically violating copyright by acting out Star Wars in your family room with one too many relatives present. The problem is not that these technical violations will be enforced. The problem is that such an absurd law exists on the books. It really brings the validity of the entire system into question.