YouTube's ban on “hacking techniques” threatens to shut down infosec YouTube

Re:YouTube's ban on “hacking techniques” threatens to shut d... by kdbg on Thursday July 04, 2019 @01:59AM (#20351937)

I'm not a lawyer but this reminds me of how game mods are shared for old games. They are shared at patch files to avoid sharing the copyrighted original binary/rom file.

My understanding is that use a patch file as long as your patch doesn't include any copyrighted material it is fair to share.

A patch file does not necessarily have any of the original code, just the location info and the new value.

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Re:YouTube's ban on “hacking techniques” threatens to shut d... by baroffoos on Thursday July 04, 2019 @02:04AM (#20351960)

This is still how custom themes for the switch are distributed since the menu file is considered copyrighted they distribute a file and a tool you can use to apply the file to the menu file on your system.

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Re:YouTube's ban on “hacking techniques” threatens to shut d... by anilakar on Thursday July 04, 2019 @04:03AM (#20352553)

YLLMV (Your Local Legislation May Vary), but reverse engineering and subsequent modifications are completely legal here, if they're more for compatibility than competition.

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