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> What happens if you print out the source code and publish it as a book? Can the courts prohibit a book? Certainly under most European circumvention prohibiti
by Mindwipe 5y ago
> What happens if you print out the source code and publish it as a book? Can the courts prohibit a book?
Certainly under most European circumvention prohibition laws there's no requirement for the distribution of the circumvention tool to be done electronically, so yes, you could definitely prohibit a book.
(And books are prohibited in the likes of the UK by courts all the time for libel at al so it wouldn't be hard to see happening.)
- perihelions 5y agoThat's true, though that absolutely never happens in the US where GitHub is domiciled. (*It's not that US courts can't find a book libelous; it's that the remedy in the US is monetary damages, not a sales ban).