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I remember The Internet Archive celebrating the fact that the "do not tamper" clause was no longer legal for abandonware (as they host tons of abandonware that

I remember The Internet Archive celebrating the fact that the "do not tamper" clause was no longer legal for abandonware (as they host tons of abandonware that has been cracked, e.g. Win 95). But I could be wrong.

jonathan-neil 6y ago
Would be great if you tried to look up that information and cite your claim.
- zamalek 6y ago
  You're absolutely correct to call me out on that (I was on my phone), thankfully a fellow HNer found the specific legislation: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24865881 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24865881
srtjstjsj 6y ago
You're wrong. Cracking your own software is always legal, and making illegal copies is always not, regardless of cracks.
- ByteJockey 6y ago
  That's not how the DMCA works. Circumventing these measure is completely illegal. It's just that doing it on your own software is very unlikely to have anyone find out. But it's a problem for researchers, who generally want to publish their findings (or at least was the last time I was really paying attention to the law in the early to mid 00s).