I built a 90.7kb tool that strips out Windows screen capture protection, but now I am concerned about whether I should make it open source. I'm worried it can be misused for piracy or to violate DRM policies.

I built it because I had a piece of software that wouldn't let me copy text. I tried using Windows OCR to copy it, but it just showed a black screen.

The tool is great for personal use, but it can be misused, so I am concerned. Any thoughts on this? Will I get into legal trouble if I make it public on GitHub?

I don't want to get into any trouble, so I need expert advice from someone who is experienced.

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[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Lol please open source it, piracy is way less bad than you may think XD also note that in "piracy" (in this case breaking software locks to access media you own or rent without restrictions) recording a screen is very much a last resort. This could be used to digitize e-books and stuff, but at least currently, movies are preferrably cracked in other ways, never recorded.

Be careful though, host it on multiple git forges and fully anonymous. Use a throwaway email and tor to create those accounts etc.

Have a look at radicle, make a torrent with the source code and put it on archive.org, stuff like that