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EFF on the RealDVD decision

EFF on the RealDVD decision
[Announcements] Posted Aug 12, 2009 13:54 UTC (Wed) by corbet

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has sent out a release on the RealDVD decision. "The heart of Judge Patel's ruling is her interpretation of the DVD-CCA license agreement, and since large portions of those agreements remain confidential, it is difficult to evaluate the merits of her reasoning. However, she does make the troubling suggestions that fair use is never a defense when you circumvent an "access control" like encryption on DVDs. She also suggests that irreparable harm can be presumed whenever copyright infringement or a DMCA violation is likely..."

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