Comment by knollimar

I think it's absurd. In my opinion the copy is for copying the usable part (e.g. installation).

Is running a program making a copy? If I run it on some distributed system is it then making more copies than allowed? This gets insane quickly.

I think it's just a bandaid for fixing removable drive installations. These should have had their own laws/rules/etc.

It has knock-on effects like being able to enforce other IP law to someone you just licensed your software to.

Similarly I think this is more an "interpret words to get the desired outcome instead of the likely spirit or meaning of the words".