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If that’s true, crucify them for piracy. Why would DMCA apply here?

• dmitrygr 2y ago
  They are Illegally distributing copies of my firmware on their badges
  • Symbiote 2y ago
    If they don't have a licence to distribute your software, it's plain copyright infringement. The same as selling photocopies of a book. The DMCA criminalises breaking DRM, or providing tools to do so, such as distributing a tool to remove the DRM from an e-book.
    • arghwhat 2y ago
      The Digital Millennium Copyright Act also does have provisions related to copyright infringement, not just circumvention devices.
  • abtinf 2y ago
    DMCA is probably irrelevant. This is textbook copyright infringement. $150k statutory damages plus, at the court's discretion, legal costs and fees. And that is just the result of civil action. You could probably find a prosecutor who would love pursue criminal action against the conference to appear strong on cybersecurity. There is a reason why even large corporations, which often play chicken with lesser laws, are extremely careful about copyright infringement. The law has real teeth if the infringer has significant wealth. https://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap5.html#504 https://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap5.html#504
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