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It's about making copies, not just distributing them, otherwise I wouldn't be able to be bound by a software eula because I wouldn't need a license to copy the content to my computer ram to run it.
The enforceability of EULAs varies with jurisdiction and with the actual contents of the EULA. It's by no means a universally accepted thing.
It's funny how suddenly large chunks of the Internet are cheering on EULAs and copyright enforcement by giant megacorporations because they've become convinced that AI is Satan.
I'm absolutely against the idea of EULAs but the fact remains they are only enforceable because it's the copying that is the reserved right, not the distribution. If it was distribution then second hand sales would be prohibitable (though thanks to going digital only that loop hole is getting pulled shut slowly but surely).
Again, they are not universally enforceable. There are plenty of jurisdictions where they are not.