Another fun DMCA case

Another fun DMCA case

> If robots.txt isn't a copyright enforcement tool, then what is? How do
> you argue that DVD CSS or other kinds of DRM is one?

They are *very* different.

DVD CSS and other types of DRM employ encryption and (supposedly) strong access controls on the keying material used to decrypt the protected content.

robots.txt is not intended to be used by interactve browsers, only webcrawlers, and only to indicate content that should not be indexed.

In the context of a website, the closest you could get to a "copyright enforcement" tool would be to password-protect access to the website. *then* you might be able to argue that attempting to crack the password is a DMCA violation.

Security through obscurity is inherently broken. Trying to enforce it through legislation does not fix it, it only makes you look like an idiot.