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theandrewbaileyyesterday at 10:57 PM1 replyview on HN

This firmware is code, and code is speech[0]. Any law making speech illegal is unconstitutional. I'm puzzled as to why the DMCA (or this part of it) hasn't been overturned yet.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junger_v._Daley


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charcircuityesterday at 11:57 PM

It hasn't been overturned for the same reason copyright hasn't been despite it restricting people's speech.

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