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However, we want to be clear that this edition is only free to read online, and this posting does not transfer any right to download all or any portion of The Feynman Lectures on Physics for any purpose. [1]

Do the content creators understand the basic mechanics of how web browsers work? If someone was to watch the cached video on their drive are they then breaking the policy stated?

[1] http://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/

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There's always been a disconnect between people who understand technology and people who write disclaimers and laws. Being smart doesn't protect you from doing something which is a violation of the law, even though there may be gray areas. Yes, watching the cached video might be a gray area - but the spirit of the disclaimer is obviously to prevent storing it in such a way that you can't access it unless they can provide it at the point of request.

https://xkcd.com/1494/

But caching is such a mechanism.

Not sure if this is a flag I enabled, but Chrome allows you to view content from the cache.

Wait... firing up the wget now.

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