alt Hacker NewsI can run legally an mp3 through a calculator. No one can dictate otherwise - it's my machine, and purchased media to do with as I (privately) please. This does not interfere with copyright. To legislate otherwise would be insane - as that would effectively legislate your ability to calculate.
This argument extends to any purchased media, to any program.
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karmajunkie • 10/01/2024
unless i’m mistaken, nobody is telling you what to do with your media.
the issue at play here would be whether the emulator publishers/developers have the right to publish what is almost certainly an infringing piece of software, which courts have repeatedly determined they do not.
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If your mp3 is copy protected and your calculator bypasses that copy protection, it is in fact illegal (in the US)