Ask HN: Fable hacked my piano, can I release the results?

Post by dgellow » Mon, Sep 07, 2026, 6:27 AM UTC

politician wrote: post #37

Giefo6ah wrote: post #15

If you live in the USA, the "decoy notes" may be considered an "effective technical measure" from the "Digital Millennium Copyright Act". If you live in Europe, this restriction may be considered "gatekeeping" and exempted by the Digital Markets Act. Don't bring attention to yourself by asking for permission. Publish your codec, and if the company cares about this they will send a cease and desist. If you want the wo…

Consider publishing the prompts used to create it.

Post by asdfsa32 » Mon, Sep 07, 2026, 6:39 AM UTC

saturn8601 wrote: post #39

Doohickey-d wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you don't want to be responsible for it, another way is to just publish it anonymously: make a GitHub that isn't attached to your real name etc, perhaps using a one-off disposable email address, and put it there. Then you don't have to think about what the lawyers think. Worst case it'll get taken down, but by that point it'll likely be popular enough that there'll be plenty of copies. [Pirate flag emoji here]

What if the companies start auto subpoenaing the AI companies to try and tie the code to an account?

Post by eru » Mon, Sep 07, 2026, 6:44 AM UTC

ryandrake wrote: post #23

Find someone in Europe or Australia, or some other place with non-insane digital laws, and have that person publish it as the “developer.”

Post by lodovic » Mon, Sep 07, 2026, 6:54 AM UTC

saturn8601 wrote: post #39

Doohickey-d wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you don't want to be responsible for it, another way is to just publish it anonymously: make a GitHub that isn't attached to your real name etc, perhaps using a one-off disposable email address, and put it there. Then you don't have to think about what the lawyers think. Worst case it'll get taken down, but by that point it'll likely be popular enough that there'll be plenty of copies. [Pirate flag emoji here]

What if the companies start auto subpoenaing the AI companies to try and tie the code to an account?

Post by junon » Mon, Sep 07, 2026, 6:59 AM UTC

lodovic wrote: post #57

saturn8601 wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What if the companies start auto subpoenaing the AI companies to try and tie the code to an account?

Do companies in the US really have the right to do that? I would think that kind of investigation is reserved for law enforcement only. If the design was made over email, would the piano company be able to subpoena Google for someone's private gmail messages?