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For science! US government says it's OK to hack your car, tablet or smart TV
Wednesday, October 28, 2015 10:32
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The Library of Congress just granted a set of copyright exemptions, giving the owners of smart TV sets and cars the ability to tinker with their devices without violating copyright law. This will allow the installation of third-party software.
Every 36 months, the US Copyright Office – a division of the Library of Congress – meets to hear petitions and review the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s (DMCA) provision 1201. The provision is the anti-circumvention part of the law that had, in the past, made it illegal to ‘unlock’ your smartphone from its carrier and helped corporations protect copyrighted material …. https://www.rt.com/usa
Source: http://luismmx.blogspot.com/2015/10/for-science-us-government-says-its-ok.html
