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bitwize on Aug 28, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Cracking Litter Box DRM

Warning: Author appears to be Canadian. Don't try this in the United States unless you want a five-year prison sentence and a felony record.

kevin_thibedeau on Aug 28, 2018 | [–]

Reverse engineering is legal in the US and no circumvention of copyright protection is taking place. This battle has already been fought with ink cartridges.

dcow on Aug 28, 2018 | | [–]

Reverse engineering for the sake of interoperability is protected under the DMCA.

umvi on Aug 28, 2018 | [–]

I mean, it's not like this is Geohot-level reverse engineering.

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