Software Licenses prove no obstacle to abuse by abusive actors (eg: HESSLA)

23 Jun
2015
23 Jun
'15
10:29 p.m.
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/06/22/nsa-gchq-targeted-kaspersky/ https://firstlook.org/theintercept/document/2015/06/22/gchq-warrant-renewal/ GCHQ felt it needed [secret] legal cover to conduct [the activity], writing in the warrant renewal application that the practice could otherwise be “unlawful” and amount to “a copyright infringement or breach of contract." ... The warrant ... applies ... to intellectual property ... and to certain categories of domestic policing. ... In each case it was necessary to use this warrant as the product license explicitly forbade [the activity]. ... etcetera...
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