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firecall
5 days ago
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Defeating a 40-year-old copy protection dongle
Cracking this dongle; wouldn't this be a federal offence in the US?
Not being snarky - genuine question! I am not from the US :-)
direwolf20
4 days ago
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Yes and in every country that adopted a copyright treaty with the US, so all of them except China
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garaetjjte
4 days ago
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While WIPO mandates similar wording not every implementation makes software-only patch criminal.
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userbinator
4 days ago
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It probably is; and so is going 10 over the speed limit.
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Not being snarky - genuine question! I am not from the US :-)