Circumvention

Posted Jun 2, 2009 14:56 UTC (Tue) by man_ls (guest, #15091)
In reply to: Okular, Debian, and copy restrictions by 0b11101
Parent article: Okular, Debian, and copy restrictions

The very easy answer is: users do not want DRM restrictions and providers must cater to those users. DRM has failed in mp3 downloads, in DVD players, in protected documents, and in the few areas where it is still tolerated (iPhone apps, DVD CSS, console games) enforcement is quite lax.

Circumvention is a valid possibility. AFAIK it is not illegal in the EU or elsewhere, so it can only be a problem in the US.

Circumvention

Posted Jun 2, 2009 16:33 UTC (Tue) by 0b11101 (guest, #57638) [Link] (1 responses)

IMHO, the EU reverse-engineering protections for home-use do not defend against creating widespread public software for patent and copyright infringement, and I think we will see this play out in the courts there one day. Regardless, there are current and upcoming multinational trade agreements that do cover circumventing copyright technical restrictions, in the EU, so this issue is not as easily dismissed as to say it is a USA-only problem.

Plus, a quick read of the Directive 2001/29/EC seems to specifically prohibit circumvention of technical copyright restrictions. In Article 6, Section 1: "Member States shall provide adequate legal protection against the circumvention of any effective technological measures, which the person concerned carries out in the knowledge, or with reasonable grounds to know, that he or she is pursuing that objective."

Circumvention

Posted Jun 16, 2009 13:52 UTC (Tue) by zenaan (guest, #3778) [Link]

Well well well. My, what a cool nic you have ...