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		crawfishphase on Aug 29, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Is there any way HN can implement a 'paywall tag' ... smell test says there would be legal implications for the owner of the platform if they were to feature the automation of the circumvention of something about copyrights or what's the word I'm looking for?

scrlk on Aug 29, 2024 [–]

I'm not a lawyer, but this would likely fall under the DMCA's anti-circumvention provisions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-circumvention#United_Stat...

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