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Not just possibly, the DMCA makes it a felony to remove or bypass any copy protection measure, even if it doesn't work very well.
by inigyou 3mo ago
Not just possibly, the DMCA makes it a felony to remove or bypass any copy protection measure, even if it doesn't work very well.
- drdexebtjl 3mo agoNot every jurisdiction has the DMCA, so that’s why I said possibly. It’s definitely illegal in the US.
- inigyou 3mo agoEvery jurisdiction was bullied into adopting this provision as part of every trade deal the US ever makes. Cory Doctorow wrote about it. Look for the keyword "anticircumvention".
- drdexebtjl 3mo agoCouldn’t find it. I know for a fact it isn’t illegal in my country.
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- inigyou 3mo agoIt's coming. https://www.iipa.org/files/uploads/2026/01/BRAZIL-2026-COPYEDITED-12.23.25-2.pdf https://www.iipa.org/files/uploads/2026/01/BRAZIL-2026-COPYE... (Search "circumvention")
- drdexebtjl 3mo agoThere’s a huge difference between the US bullying us into making this illegal, and the US throwing a fit in a report suggesting we should do it. We’ve been on this watchlist before. There’s no such law being proposed right now.