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.

  • simonced@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    12 hours ago

    I think you can simply “focus” the desktop, and then launch any screenshot tool, there is no protection for that.
    Once it’s in a picture, you can OCR all you want.

    Unless you have a program that does just that (protecting agains screen shots), I don’t see the need of any other tool.