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Winning this case doesn't do what people think it will do... They still have the right to lock down the TV using cryptography to prevent unsigned code. That's
by RajT88 5mo ago
Winning this case doesn't do what people think it will do...
They still have the right to lock down the TV using cryptography to prevent unsigned code. That's covered by the DMCA as illegal to circumvent.
- rbanffy 5mo agoNot all countries have a DMCA
- RajT88 5mo agoSuper useful list here: https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/dmca-ignored-countries https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/dmca-igno...
- rbanffy 5mo agoIn most countries you won't get in trouble for overriding hardware protections under right-to-repair or fair-use regulations.
- pabs3 5mo agoThat sounds like a GPLv2 violation: https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2021/mar/25/install-gplv2/ https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2021/mar/25/install-gplv2/ https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2021/jul/23/tivoization-and-the-gpl-right-to-install/ https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2021/jul/23/tivoization-and-t...