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> a legally-mandated exception to breaking DRM for preservation grounds Hmm... not sure I can imagine preservation of video games being high on legislature's p
by chrisseaton 5y ago
> a legally-mandated exception to breaking DRM for preservation grounds
Hmm... not sure I can imagine preservation of video games being high on legislature's priorities.
- azalemeth 5y agoIn the US at least, it's not the legislators – it's the library of congress, who in 2018 allowed (under some very limited circumstances) breaking DRM to fix hardware [1]. In the UK (and I think most of the EU) there are similar national bodies to which one can apply for permission to break DRM -- e.g. in the UK there's a long and complex review process by the civil servants at the department for culture, media and sport [2]. Of course, none of these things actually break DRM. They just say that you can break DRM without getting in trouble. Who knows, in 2055 maybe my handy device at `/dev/quantum/simultaneous_annealer` will magically break five rounds of 256-bit AES or whatever Microsoft use... [1] https://www.polygon.com/2018/10/26/18027200/video-game-drm-consoles-repair-dmca-library-of-congress https://www.polygon.com/2018/10/26/18027200/video-game-drm-c... [2] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/technological-protection-measures-tpms-complaints-process/guidance-on-the-technological-protection-measures-tpms-complaints-process https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/technological-pro...
- foota 5y agoIn an alternate universe, far far away: "I am the library of the Senate!" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtaEdpEuOyE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtaEdpEuOyE) I find it amusing that this power is vested in the library of congress.
- SomeHacker44 5y agoIn the USA, delegation of powers to regulators is the norm. The "Library of Congress" is just another regulator here.
- gowld 5y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29260616 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29260616