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0 pointsAaargh203182y ago0 comments

> The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) prohibits circumventing an effective technological means of control that restricts access to a copyrighted work. I guess that would apply here.

It doesn't if you're not in the US.

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zeusk2y ago

Kim Dotcom believed so too, didn't fare too well.

Aaargh20318OP2y ago

Megaupload did business in the US, they had a lot of servers in the US. IIRC that was the basis for his arrest: the crime took place on US territory.

zeusk2y ago

12ft.io and vercel have servers in US, so what's your argument here?

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0 pointsAaargh203182y ago0 comments

> The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) prohibits circumventing an effective technological means of control that restricts access to a copyrighted work. I guess that would apply here.

It doesn't if you're not in the US.

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zeusk2y ago

Kim Dotcom believed so too, didn't fare too well.

Aaargh20318OP2y ago

Megaupload did business in the US, they had a lot of servers in the US. IIRC that was the basis for his arrest: the crime took place on US territory.

zeusk2y ago

12ft.io and vercel have servers in US, so what's your argument here?

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