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They've been twisted to support almost anything, for example repairing your tractor is illegal because of this same law. But I agree this is just plain old hack
by immibis2 20d ago
They've been twisted to support almost anything, for example repairing your tractor is illegal because of this same law. But I agree this is just plain old hacking under a plain old reading of the CFAA and doesn't need any twists.
- EMIRELADERO 20d ago> for example repairing your tractor is illegal because of this same law. No it's not. There has never been a case establishing that, and it's absurd on its face. The protection measures that the law makes illegal to break must control access to a copyrighted work, and you can't copyright functionality.
- immibis2 20d agoYou see, they made it so you can't repair your tractor without circumventing a technological copy protection measure, which is illegal under DMCA 1201.
- jasomill 20d agoHas this been litigated, or is it just something tractor manufacturers have cooked up in the hopes that it'll stand up in court? Because I seem to recall printer manufacturers doing something similar with refilling toner cartridges and losing.
- EMIRELADERO 20d agoAny protection measure that gates repairability cannot be said to control access to a copyrighted work.