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SideQuarktoday at 11:46 AM1 replyview on HN

Employing anti-protection methods to do to has been illegal since 1996 WIPO treaties, and then much more strongly in the 2002 DMCA.

So around 30 years now.


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WhiteDawntoday at 12:11 PM

In fairness, games didn’t start employing encryption on the content till the 7th generation. So unless you’re applying ips patches to a 360 game you’re not breaking any DRM

Playing the title you backed up and patched is a different matter entirely