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Software is content. eBooks loaded on the phone with Kindle or iTunes DRM: content. Custom for-pay navigation crapware from carrier: "content". The way the D
by slowmovintarget 12y ago
Software is content. eBooks loaded on the phone with Kindle or iTunes DRM: content. Custom for-pay navigation crapware from carrier: "content".
The way the DMCA is written, it doesn't matter what is being "protected", it only matters that there is software that attempts to lock something down. Circumventing it, even if the locked "container" is empty, is illegal. And yes, it is breathtakingly draconian in its anti-consumer stance.
- wvenable 12y agoBut the carrier lock on a phone does not protect any content. It prevents you from moving the phone to another network. It has nothing to do with content at all. There is no copyright involvement in any way.
- slowmovintarget 12y agoWhich is what's so horrible about the law. The carrier lock prevents you from altering or swapping out the code that allows negotiation with other carriers. In this case the "security" is "protecting" code defined as content. Make no mistake, DMCA is not about copyright or redistribution, even if that's what it says on the tin. It is about making it illegal to circumvent DRM, regardless of how or to what it is applied.