News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Windows 10 Free Upgrade Available in 190 Countries Today. Parent comment

Re:Windows 10 Free Upgrade Available in 190 Countries Today by airza on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @05:12AM (#9967261)
I'm pretty sure it's illegal to circumvent the copy protection in the US, as well.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Windows 10 Free Upgrade Available in 190 Countries Today by germanier on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @05:34AM (#9967368)
I'm no expert in US law but this US copyright office decision suggests that it's legal in some cases: http://www.copyright.gov/1201/

The case here seems more related to the MPEG patents though.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Windows 10 Free Upgrade Available in 190 Countries Today by airza on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @01:36PM (#9970201)
My brain went to DeCSS, which, weirdly, the DVD licensing company lost because enough people had (illegally?) published it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_Copy_Control_Ass%27n,_Inc....

I think there was also the Sony jailbreaking guy who settled with Sony out of court.

[ Parent | on HN ]