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Blogger Threatened For Publishing JS Hack

Posted by kdawson on from the most-boneheaded-legal-threat-contest dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Internet radio station Atlanta Blue Skye LLC has warned a Romania-based technology enthusiast that his blog has been 'copied' and turned over to its lawyers. The issue stems from his posting of a widely known workaround for bypassing JavaScript functions that try to disable a mouse's right-click context menu functionality, and the radio stream information gathered from the Properties function of Windows Media Player."

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  1. Re:Oh noes by arodland · · Score: 4, Informative

    Or the entire Opera browser, which has a preference (enabled by default) that disallows scripts from handling right-click events.

  2. Attention Americans: by Rix · · Score: 5, Informative

    Your laws do not apply outside your borders.

    1. Re:Attention Americans: by dheera · · Score: 4, Informative

      in this case, though, publishing a javascript hack isn't a crime even in the US. if i'm legally provided with data, i'm free to render the data to myself however i want, and others are free to publish tips on how to render data.

    2. Re:Attention Americans: by shellbeach · · Score: 4, Informative

      Your laws do not apply outside your borders. Actually, they sadly apply within Australian borders, too.

  3. Re:Oh noes by duguk · · Score: 4, Informative

    So does firefox... Tools, Options, Content, Javascript - Advanced