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jcheng on Dec 12, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Beeper Mini is back

That sounds a lot like the P2P file sharing companies' argument that didn't hold up in court: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MGM_Studios,_Inc._v._Grokster,....

ehsankia on Dec 12, 2023 [–]

I believe that reverse engineering for the purpose of interop is different and has been found to be fair use by the courts.

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