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US Copyright Office Wimps Out on Right to Tinker your own Computer 2017-08-22 05:44:47 Post No. 62035502
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> although in theory one may own a device outright, one’s only allowed to license the software necessary to make the device work properly. The terms of that license may preclude any efforts to tinker with the device, reverse engineer it, or have a third party undertake a repair.
>the software may come with digital locks (aka Digital Rights Management [DRM] or Technical Protection Measures [TPMs]) supposedly designed to prevent unauthorized copying. And breaking those locks, even to do something simple and otherwise legal like tinkering with or fixing your own devices, means breaking the law, thanks to Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
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good luck enforcing that
call me when there's a judgment on it
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>>62035523
you're missing the point. It's like gun laws: sure you can own a gun without the feds taking it from you, but you're better off not having a law against self-defense.
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