[mythtv-users] Unlocking Technologies Act

[Nick Rout]

On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 1:29 PM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com>wrote:

> On 5/9/2013 8:53 PM, Joseph Fry wrote:
>
>> Which leads to my favorite line from the congresswoman's summary is "In
>> addition, the bill would permit the use and sale of tools – like
>> software apps – that enable unlocking for uses that do not infringe on
>> copyright. "  I hope it's just a firmware update for the HDHR Prime to
>> ignore the copy protection flags on cable channels!
>>
>
> You could, but in all likelihood the firmware itself is copyrighted, and
> thus you would not be able to distribute your modified versions of it. You
> could (in theory) write your own clean room firmware from scratch, but then
> you would still have to crack the CC handshake to authorize your new
> firmware. If you have to deal with the handshake, you may as well do that
> from their open source library, rather than trying to write a whole
> firmware.


Well at least someone seems to be trying to inject some sense into the
DMCA. Is there any chance it will pass though? It's only a Bill at this
stage from what I read.

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