Comment by firecall
23 days ago
Cracking this dongle; wouldn't this be a federal offence in the US?
Not being snarky - genuine question! I am not from the US :-)
23 days ago
Cracking this dongle; wouldn't this be a federal offence in the US?
Not being snarky - genuine question! I am not from the US :-)
>Cracking this dongle; wouldn't this be a federal offence in the US?
No. As of 2003 there is a DMCA exemption for "computer programs protected by dongles that prevent access due to malfunction or damage and which are obsolete". <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_preservation#Legal_...>
Yes and in every country that adopted a copyright treaty with the US, so all of them except China
While WIPO mandates similar wording not every implementation makes software-only patch criminal.
It probably is; and so is going 10 over the speed limit.