▲ 160 ▼ A plan for a post-American, enshittification-resistant internet (a speech at 39C3 in Hamburg on Dec 28, 2025) (youtu.be) submitted 7 months ago by DannyMac@sh.itjust.works to c/opensource@programming.dev 9 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] thefluffiest@feddit.nl 4 points 7 months ago (3 children) Will watch later, but what’s an anti-circumvention law? permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 7 months ago* (1 child) Its bullshit. You remember that BMW heated seat subscription they tried to sell? If you tried to sell a hack that unlocks that, BMW can sue you. BMW don't own the car, they sold it, but anti-circumvention law dictates that you are not allowed to mess with BMWs "technological barriers" in order to use the car in a way not intended by BMW. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 69420@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago Not only can they sue, it's also a felony: ...it's a felony – a jailable felony – to modify that code or firmware. It's also a felony to disclose information about how to bypass that access control... https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/39c3/#the-new-coalition permalink fedilink source parent [–] chasteinsect@programming.dev 12 points 7 months ago that you need to use the product as intended by the company and circumventing the intended use case is illegal. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Rubisco@slrpnk.net 10 points 7 months ago* "You want to mod/fix the half-assed product we strong-armed you into purchasing from us, without our techs, with tools you didn't buy from us, and without our permission? ....ya know, it would be a real shame if we had to buy our {export important to your economy} somewhere else. No repairing or modifying without our approval." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 7 months ago* (1 child) Its bullshit. You remember that BMW heated seat subscription they tried to sell? If you tried to sell a hack that unlocks that, BMW can sue you. BMW don't own the car, they sold it, but anti-circumvention law dictates that you are not allowed to mess with BMWs "technological barriers" in order to use the car in a way not intended by BMW. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 69420@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago Not only can they sue, it's also a felony: ...it's a felony – a jailable felony – to modify that code or firmware. It's also a felony to disclose information about how to bypass that access control... https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/39c3/#the-new-coalition permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 69420@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago Not only can they sue, it's also a felony: ...it's a felony – a jailable felony – to modify that code or firmware. It's also a felony to disclose information about how to bypass that access control... https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/39c3/#the-new-coalition permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chasteinsect@programming.dev 12 points 7 months ago that you need to use the product as intended by the company and circumventing the intended use case is illegal. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rubisco@slrpnk.net 10 points 7 months ago* "You want to mod/fix the half-assed product we strong-armed you into purchasing from us, without our techs, with tools you didn't buy from us, and without our permission? ....ya know, it would be a real shame if we had to buy our {export important to your economy} somewhere else. No repairing or modifying without our approval." permalink fedilink source parent