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again, what does a text file do to violate the dmca? what's next, a 128-bit number? IANAL, so i guess until it goes to the court and is decided, we won't know.
by swang 9y ago
again, what does a text file do to violate the dmca? what's next, a 128-bit number?
IANAL, so i guess until it goes to the court and is decided, we won't know.
- edraferi 9y agoThe complaint alleges that text file is used to configure software in such a way that it the software circumvents their copyrights, thus the text file itself is a tool for circumventing copyright and violates DMCA. It's just super dumb, really.
- kuschku 9y agoActually, yes. This number is illegal: 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0
- sbarre 9y agoIt was decided in court already actually (maybe you were being sarcastic here?) back in 2001 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeCSS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeCSS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_number https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_number https://cyber.harvard.edu/openlaw/DVD/NY/appeals/opinion.html https://cyber.harvard.edu/openlaw/DVD/NY/appeals/opinion.htm...