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Re:Germany is pressuring Neocities to censor a disclosure of... by DanHulton on Tuesday July 15, 2014 @12:29AM (#8034777)
Hm. Would that still apply given that - if I read this right - the list of hashes are distributed publicly?
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Re:Germany is pressuring Neocities to censor a disclosure of... by gst on Tuesday July 15, 2014 @12:39AM (#8034804)
What is the license under which those hashes are distributed? Just because something is distributed publicly doesn't mean it can be legally redistributed.
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Re:Germany is pressuring Neocities to censor a disclosure of... by grecy on Tuesday July 15, 2014 @12:46AM (#8034827)
Then don't redistribute it, just distribute the step-by-step directions required to reverse it [1] (as is done on a site linked by the original article)

[1] - of course, directions could be just source that does it for you, a la DeCSS

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