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Legal minds of HN: would the Sony vs Hotz case have been thrown out if this provision was in place at the time?
by gr3yh47 10y ago
Legal minds of HN: would the Sony vs Hotz case have been thrown out if this provision was in place at the time?
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- raw23 10y agoNot a lawyer, but i couldn't see why it wouldn't be thrown out. Hotz just reversed and found an exploit on his local machine. Seems to be exactly what these provisions are covering.
- 0x0539 10y agoNope. Wired presents this as if its a blanket exception for everything, its not. http://ifixit.org/blog/7475/repair-coalition-wins-exemptions/ http://ifixit.org/blog/7475/repair-coalition-wins-exemptions... is a bit more clear on the types of things that will be allowed under this. As for the specifics of jailbreaking: "The Register also confirmed that the exemption for gamers should not extend to jailbreaking of console software because such jailbreaking is strongly associated with video game piracy." https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/10/28/2015-27212/exemption-to-prohibition-on-circumvention-of-copyright-protection-systems-for-access-control#p-193 https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/10/28/2015-27...