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The general principle of removing DRM is forbidden, at least in the US, which is presumably why DRM removal tools are distributed through the same shady web sou
by sjy 7y ago
The general principle of removing DRM is forbidden, at least in the US, which is presumably why DRM removal tools are distributed through the same shady web sources as pirated content.
"No person shall circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this title."
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/1201 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/1201
- ggm 7y agohttps://www.alrc.gov.au/publications/20-contracting-out/technological-protection-measures https://www.alrc.gov.au/publications/20-contracting-out/tech... I assumed it passed. Looks like it didn't pass, because of the US laws.
- modsiw 7y agoBut if it is circumvented then it wasn’t effectively controlling access; therefore, this isn’t applicable. A savvy lawyer might argue that’s not what’s meant by effectively, but it’s at least a little ambiguous.
- sjy 7y agoThe ambiguity is resolved by the explicit definition provided in the section: 'a technological measure "effectively controls access to a work" if the measure, in the ordinary course of its operation, requires the application of information, or a process or a treatment, with the authority of the copyright owner, to gain access to the work.' So the word 'effectively' isn't very effective here.