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Re:Hackers manage to unlock Tesla software-locked features by freejazz on Thursday August 03, 2023 @01:56PM (#36989347)
Using a copyrighted work without license is copyright infringement. Not sure how to make that clearer to you.
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Re:Hackers manage to unlock Tesla software-locked features by dragonwriter on Thursday August 03, 2023 @02:01PM (#36989412)
> Using a copyrighted work without license is copyright infringement

Only for the kinds of “use” that involve the exclusive rights of the copyright owner (“use” generally does not), and even then not always, because there are exceptions to copyright.

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Re:Hackers manage to unlock Tesla software-locked features by 8note on Thursday August 03, 2023 @03:42PM (#36990754)
If I put a book a don't have a license to under a table leg to make it stop wobbling, it is not copyright infringement
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