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You can have laws that criminalize activities after modification without criminalizing victimless modifications. Such as: Illegal to sell a car with a modified
by SomeHacker44 9y ago
You can have laws that criminalize activities after modification without criminalizing victimless modifications. Such as:
Illegal to sell a car with a modified odometer - but you can screw with yours all you want. Wait, I think that is already illegal.
Illegal to fly an aircraft in the NAS with unauthorized modifications to the transponder. Wait, that is already illegal. :)
- ivanhoe 9y agoExactly, it's already illegal to use any such modifications, so it's just a lame excuse to own the customers.
- AnthonyMouse 9y agoAnd the obvious problem in the DMCA case is that the modifications are also necessary to do things that aren't copyright infringement, like side loading apps on iOS, or creating a screen reader for the blind, or making useful third party improvements to the media device in general. It's as if the problem was people rolling back odometers and instead of passing a law against rolling back odometers they passed a law against making any modifications whatsoever to a vehicle that has an odometer. There is already a law against copyright infringement. What is the DMCA anti-circumvention law adding to that other than to prohibit things that aren't copyright infringement?
- Washuu 9y agoCorrect, selling a vehicle with a tampered odometer with the intent to defraud is illegal. I repair gauge clusters in the Jeep community and it is very easy to change the odometer. There is a documentation process that has to be followed to remain legal when doing so.