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norman784yesterday at 9:06 PM1 replyview on HN

I don't know about California, but AFAIK reverse engineering is legal, but breaking DRM protection isn't, so what companies did was to put DRM in their software, hence the reverse engineering became illegal.


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MobiusHorizonsyesterday at 10:29 PM

yep, that is what I meant by the DMCA, but I should probably have been more clear.