Submission + - What are the Consumers' Rights to Modify Files in Their Devices?
michalk writes: I own a device that was manufactured in the post-DMCA period that uses a database. This database is available from only one company. I've looked at the files in the database card, of which there are two files: the actual database, and what I believe to be a signature. Changing one or the other causes the device to refuse to work.
I have come to the point where I want to make my own database, but there is no way to do this unless I know how to make the device accept the signature file.
What are the consumer rights in this circumstance? DMCA most likely prevents reverse engineering, but I don't want their database. I'm not interested in duplicating or reverse engineering the hardware, but that seems like the only way to get around their DRM to use my own data.
Searching Google, I get drowned in other irrelevant DRM arguments and am unable to find examples relevant to supplanting data provided by a company on my device.
Is this legal?
I have come to the point where I want to make my own database, but there is no way to do this unless I know how to make the device accept the signature file.
What are the consumer rights in this circumstance? DMCA most likely prevents reverse engineering, but I don't want their database. I'm not interested in duplicating or reverse engineering the hardware, but that seems like the only way to get around their DRM to use my own data.
Searching Google, I get drowned in other irrelevant DRM arguments and am unable to find examples relevant to supplanting data provided by a company on my device.
Is this legal?