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DMCA 1201 says ANY decryption without permission from a copyright holder (with some exceptions that are in practice pretty minor) is a federal crime. Yet one mo
by ls612 2y ago
DMCA 1201 says ANY decryption without permission from a copyright holder (with some exceptions that are in practice pretty minor) is a federal crime. Yet one more on the pile of "three felonies a day" to hold over the masses to keep them in line.
- fulafel 2y agoIf this was the case, reading your comment (when delivered over TLS in a relevant jurisdiction) would be one such crime.
- ls612 2y agoIt was decrypted on my authority as the author by virtue of whatever license the Hacker News TOS requires in order to store and transmit my posts to the public.