[throwway120385]

I think the law should regard the general thing being copied (firmware, software, etc) as different from a single copy. For example, the law could regard modifying a single instance of firmware similarly to the way it regards modifying a book. Right now you can take a book and mark it up or tear pages out if you want without any permission, and the only reason permission would be required for firmware is because of the ability to have telemetry and attestation. So it seems like a pretty good extension of copyright law to protect any modification of a copy but not the sale of additional copies.