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I’m not a lawyer but I do have a little experience with these 2 laws, back when I modified Sony Ericsson mobile phones (before android and iphone existed) , ericsson came for a bunch of us and they got all the UK developers using these 2 laws.
The reason they got me was for patching the K series walkman, even though the K series firmware had all the GFX of the W series packed inside it I was deemed to have breached copywrite law as I was displaying images in a manner not intended without permission (UK law is pretty strict in regards to software).
Computer Misuse Act 1990 covers things like reverse engineering and hacking, it is mainly used if you have intent to commit a crime, but it also covers “accessing” any type of material/content, although I do believe it depends on what you do with the material/content and how the judge is feeling that day lol.
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