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Bean Derman (BD) is a very busy law professor, administrator, and family man. He travels around giving lectures, hosting fundraisers for his school, and, apparently,

Bean Derman ("BD") is a very busy law professor, administrator, and family man. He travels around giving lectures, hosting fundraisers for his school, and, apparently, looking for a new job. To better manage his time, he writes a computer program that coordinates a series of activities, including his calendar, contact lists, thank-you letters, and forwards his c.v. to numerous prospective employers (the "BD Program"). The BD Program is a big success so BD decided to sell versions of it in a local electronics store. Dud Slyjester ("DS") purchased a single copy of the BD Program at the store. When he got home, DS made several copies from that one copy and sold these new copies on e-Bay. Guy Badanoff, DS's friend, saw the BD Program when DS was using it and exclaimed "I can write my own program that does exactly the same things as the BD Program! That way, I don't have to pay BD for the program! I am so smart! I love exclamation points!!" Badanoff went home and wrote his own version calling it the "Bad P!" The Bad P is now for sale in the same electronics store as the BD Program. Aaron Foulmouth bought 6 copies of the BD Program at the local store and is now reselling those same copies on e-Bay. DB wants to sue all three of these users under copyright law. Against which of these potential defendants will DB's copyright infringement lawsuit be successful?

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DS

All three defendants.

Foulmouth

Badanoff

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