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Prediction: the "infringement," definition will expand to cover anything that enables people to limit the surveillance capabilities of their devices, or to organize themselves socially outside official tech platforms.

People thought the DMCA was just about entertainment, but it's about regulating culture and how it impacts politics. Literally the "means of production," for culture.

I had included a list in this comment of what I was betting were next on the list of "infringing" technologies, but why give them a map? If there is a legal precedent that can be leveraged and abused to an authoritarian end, expect it to be so in the near term.



> If there is a legal precedent that can be leveraged and abused to an authoritarian end, expect it to be so in the near term.

Sounds like a corollary to Stallman's Law! [0]

[0] https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/stallmans-law.html




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