On Mon, May 28, 2001 at 08:36:28AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> If it's illegal to circumvent a copy protection scheme,
> is it still illegal to do so if making a personal copy
> is legal?
Yes, says the MPAA, the Clinton and Bush administrations, and
at least one federal judge. That came up in the DeCSS trial.
> Or is circumventing a copy protection scheme a general thing,
> separate from the copying step?
Yes, says the MPAA, the Clinton and Bush administrations, and
at least one federal judge.
The thing about the DeCSS trial, as I wrote about a year and a half ago,
is that 2600 likely violated the DMCA. The question then becomes whether
the DMCA is constitutional or not.
-Declan
