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direwolf20 8 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Defeating a 40-year-old copy protection dongle

A non–copyrighted work can still have a copy protection measure

TheDong 8 months ago [–]

But would the DMCA ("Copyright Act") still apply when there's no copyright?

Here, let's read together: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/1201

> No person shall circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this title

> protected under this title

A work not protected under title 17, copyright, is thus not covered.

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