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The EU is considering a copyright proposal that would require code-sharing platforms to monitor all content that users upload for potential copyright infringement (see the EU Commission’s proposed Article 13 of the Copyright Directive). The proposal is aimed at music and videos on streaming platforms, based on a theory of a “value gap” between the profits those platforms make from uploaded works and what copyright holders of some uploaded works receive. However, the way it’s written captures many other types of content, including code.

When you buy a Renault Zoe, the battery isn't included. Instead, you sign a rental contract for the battery with the car maker. In a Zoe owner's forum, user Franko30 reports that the contract contains a clause giving Renault the right to prevent your battery from charging at the end of the rental period. According to an article in Der Spiegel, the company may also do this when you fall behind on paying the rent for the battery.

Или «Невероятно крутой криптографический алгоритм для реализации DRM»:

Расковыряв скрипт-обёртку, Эшер Лэнгтон сохранил обработанный файл и сравнил его с «зашифрованным». Оказалось, что неприступный алгоритм заключался в том, что в первых 15 килобайтах файла несколько начальных байтов каждого килобайтного блока были сXOR-ены с «секретным ключом», который представлял собой строку «RANDOM_STRING».