Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act is a ban on reading any copyrighted work that is encumbered by access restrictions. It makes it illegal for you to read and understand the code that determines how your phone or car works and whether those devices are safe. It makes it illegal to...
  • conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    That’s a weird interpretation.

    [The Congress shall have Power . . . ] To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.

    Why would you not just lean on the explicit right granted by the constitution to protect copyright as distinct from “free speech”?