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Re:Psst: Fast Spotify client with native GUI, without Electr... by fabianhjr on Monday August 16, 2021 @11:36PM (#28205936)
> As for the legality, the DMCA sucks but this client is definitely in violation of it.

How is it definitely in violation of the DMCA? (Not a lawyer and not a USA resident, would appreciate legal clarification)

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Re:Psst: Fast Spotify client with native GUI, without Electr... by jeroenhd on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @07:20AM (#28208647)
Any circumvention of DRM, even simple DRM as long as it's not too trivial, is considered illegal under the DMCA. The decryption routines Spotify uses should definitely be considered non-trivial DRM.
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Re:Psst: Fast Spotify client with native GUI, without Electr... by kxrm on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @01:01AM (#28206381)
Not who you replied to, but if anything decrypts a DRM stream in an unauthorized way, it technically is breaching DMCA. I assume that is what they meant.
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