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[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 60 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I remember they used to have an entire collection of correspondence similar to that linked on their website. Teenage me laughed his ass off at it. Now with almost all governments around the world believing they have universal jurisdiction over the Internet, I'm no longer laughing, I have to keep myself from crying about how we got to this point. :(

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[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago (1 child)

We got to this point by the US ruthlessly negotiating every trade deal to give its copyrights global supremacy.

This is a big problem for reverse engineering things like servicing your John Deere tractor, of interest to countries with citizens that eat food.

People are catching on, though; eventually, one country is to going to step out of this US-enforced system and there will be a legal place to hack your car so you can use the seat warmer without paying a subscription.

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[–] busted_Anoose@aussie.zone 1 point 2 months ago

there will always be places where people can assemble and share info. whether that be on the light or dark web.

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