Re:I tried creating a web browser and Google blocked me (2019)
by mvolfik on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @07:35PM
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The thing is he isn't circumventing copyright protection. He is just allowing it to play in his browser too, no downloading etc. I'm a legal noob, but there always was that "fair interests" like making stuff work on different devices/OSs (youtube-dl is hiding behind this a bit), would it not apply here?
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Re:I tried creating a web browser and Google blocked me (2019)
by smogcutter on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @11:00PM
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“Legal noob” is definitely one way to say “I am absolutely not a lawyer”.
Re:I tried creating a web browser and Google blocked me (2019)
by zucker42 on Friday January 22, 2021 @09:52AM
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The ambiguity here is why I said potentially. Does circumventing a technical measure mean to access the content without Widevine, or is using Widevine in an unintended way enough? However, the law quite clearly says that fair use doesn't matter; you can't break DRM even if you're not violating copyright.