I thought I bought a camera, but no DJI sold me a LICENSE to use their camera [video]

Re:I thought I bought a camera, but no DJI sold me a LICENSE... by korse on Monday April 21, 2025 @10:41AM (#43752549)

You may be aware, but you can acquire and use the World of Warcraft client without signing up for anything with Blizzard. You register and pay to connect to their servers.

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Re:I thought I bought a camera, but no DJI sold me a LICENSE... by bslanej on Monday April 21, 2025 @11:15AM (#43752888)

First, to download the world of Warcraft client, you need to log into the battlenet client, which requires an account. Second, the world of Warcraft client is completely useless without a server to connect to. Alternative world of Warcraft servers are technically possible but illegal to run.

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Re:I thought I bought a camera, but no DJI sold me a LICENSE... by gkbrk on Monday April 21, 2025 @11:17AM (#43752924)

Implementing a network protocol is not illegal. Neither is writing a server.

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Re:I thought I bought a camera, but no DJI sold me a LICENSE... by bslanej on Monday April 21, 2025 @11:19AM (#43752947)

You have to reverse engineer the protocol encryption, which is illegal in some places. Also, lots of copyrighted material such as NPC names and quest text must be stored in the server and transmitted from the server to the client, which is piracy in plain terms.

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Re:I thought I bought a camera, but no DJI sold me a LICENSE... by jackvalentine on Tuesday April 22, 2025 @12:51AM (#43759157)

This is a dumb take - WoW wouldn’t “function” to a reasonable person’s interpretation of that word without a login.

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