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New DMCA rules step in right direction

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tangor

9:26 pm on Oct 28, 2015 (gmt 0)

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The Librarian of Congress in America has updated the list of technologies that hackers can tinker with without breaking the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

Under the terms of the DMCA, the Librarian must revise the list of devices and technologies that can be investigated and altered by people using them. In the past this has led to a ban on a ban on smartphone unlocking (now rescinded) and other idiocies.

The latest list [PDF], however, shows welcome signs of sanity,

[theregister.co.uk...]