Which law? Well, take your pick. The modern meaning of "#IP" is "any law that lets me use the law to control my competitors, competition or customers." Platforms use a mix of #anticircumvention law, #patent, #copyright, #contract, #cybersecurity and other legal systems to weave together a thicket of rules that allow them to shut down rivals for their Felony Contempt of Business Model:

https://locusmag.com/2020/09/cory-doctorow-ip/

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@happyborg @atomicpoet The real solution to the problem of commercialization of the Internet (of which the problem of #SocialMedia is a subproblem) is to de-illegalize #ReverseEngineering (or repeal what the PR types prefer to call #AntiCircumvention). Interoperability that requires permission is by definition not #AdversarialInteroperability.

#pubwan #InformationAsymmetry

#10yrsago Fix the #DMCA! Repeal #AntiCircumvention and truly own your devices https://web.archive.org/web/20130311112726/http://fixthedmca.org/

#10yrsago Random House launches ebook imprint that’s run like a predatory vanity press https://memex.craphound.com/2013/03/06/random-house-launches-ebook-imprint-thats-run-like-a-predatory-vanity-press/

#5yrsago Six immortal superweapons the Democrats made for the president, which Trump gets to wield https://www.truthdig.com/articles/six-ways-resistance-gave-trump-dictators-toolkit/

#5yrsago How #401k's created a class of suckers to be fleeced by the investor class https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/05/opinion/investor-class-pensions.html

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#20yrsago Ipsos-Reid sez #P2P doesn’t hurt record sales https://web.archive.org/web/20030416231449/http://www.ipsos-na.com/dsp_tempo.cfm

#20yrsago #CopyrightOffice posts #AntiCircumvention comments https://www.copyright.gov/1201/2003/reply/reply1.html

#20yrsago London's weird confluence of Orthodox Judiasm and proprietary software https://web.archive.org/web/20030314104647/http://cheerleader.yoz.com/archives/000433.html

#20yrsago Skunkworks: #Enron’s spiritual forebears https://www.wired.com/2003/03/silent-but-deadly/

#15yrsago Loony evangelical says he engineered Canadian film tax-credit changes that doom edgy indie movies https://web.archive.org/web/20080304152637/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080229.wculture29/BNStory/National/home

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Judge drops DMCA claims that Bungie reverse-engineered Destiny 2 cheats - Enlarge / Using Bungie's own licenses against it worked once for the ma... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1897896 #anticircumvention #gaming&culture #cheatsoftware #aimjunkies #cheating #destiny2 #bungie #dmca

Judge drops DMCA claims that Bungie reverse-engineered Destiny 2 cheats https://arstechnica.com/?p=1897896 #anticircumvention #Gaming&Culture #cheatsoftware #aimjunkies #cheating #destiny2 #Bungie #DMCA

GitHub Warns Users Reposting YouTube-DL They Could Be Banned

... “Please note that re-posting the exact same content that was the subject of a takedown notice without following the proper process is a violation of GitHub’s DMCA Policy and Terms of Service.

“If you commit or post content to this repository that violates our Terms of Service, we will delete that content and may suspend access to your account as well,” Geraci wrote.

This statement caused an update to Github’s earlier DMCA notice advice ...

https://torrentfreak.com/github-warns-users-reposting-youtube-dl-they-could-be-banned-201102/

#youtubedl #github #riaa #dmca #youtube #microsoft #anticircumvention #copyright