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Yearslong fight over users' right to tweak smart TV software heads to trial (arstechnica.com)
8 points by pabs3 22 days ago
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malkamius 22 days ago
So, hide it behind multiple companies, and you will be fine? Should just share the source code.
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rbanffy 22 days ago
I think the first thing I'd do would be to reflash the TV and turn it into an X terminal. Or the Wayland equivalent.
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RajT88 21 days ago
Winning this case doesn't do what people think it will do...

They still have the right to lock down the TV using cryptography to prevent unsigned code. That's covered by the DMCA as illegal to circumvent.

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pabs3 20 days ago
That sounds like a GPLv2 violation:

https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2021/mar/25/install-gplv2/ https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2021/jul/23/tivoization-and-t...

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rbanffy 21 days ago
Not all countries have a DMCA
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RajT88 21 days ago
Super useful list here:

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/dmca-igno...

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rbanffy 21 days ago
In most countries you won't get in trouble for overriding hardware protections under right-to-repair or fair-use regulations.
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f_allwein 22 days ago
dup https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48208304
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