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Right Europe will extradite and enforce copyright claims, but the first one would require actual charges to be filed and the second does not apply here. DRM cir

Right Europe will extradite and enforce copyright claims, but the first one would require actual charges to be filed and the second does not apply here. DRM circumvention is a purely American ban, and a European host would not have to pay mind to it.

Mindwipe 6y ago
DRM circumvention is absolutely not "purely an American ban." EU law bans circumvention software under DIRECTIVE 2001/29/EC from 2001. This is codified into local law in various ways by various member states, but as an example in the UK it became section 296zb of the Copyright Design and Patents Act (as modified by the Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003), which can be found at https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/296ZB https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/296ZB. (1)A person commits an offence if he— (a)manufactures for sale or hire, or (b)imports otherwise than for his private and domestic use, or (c)in the course of a business— (i)sells or lets for hire, or (ii)offers or exposes for sale or hire, or (iii)advertises for sale or hire, or (iv)possesses, or (v)distributes, or (d)distributes otherwise than in the course of a business to such an extent as to affect prejudicially the copyright owner, any device, product or component which is primarily designed, produced, or adapted for the purpose of enabling or facilitating the circumvention of effective technological measures. (2)A person commits an offence if he provides, promotes, advertises or markets— (a)in the course of a business, or (b)otherwise than in the course of a business to such an extent as to affect prejudicially the copyright owner, a service the purpose of which is to enable or facilitate the circumvention of effective technological measures. I shall spare you the rest, which is available at the link. But I would note it's not even a civil offence, it's a criminal one, with a maximum two year prison penalty.
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- Paianni 6y ago
  "effective technological measures" That's the grey area.

Mindwipe 6y ago

DRM circumvention is absolutely not "purely an American ban." EU law bans circumvention software under DIRECTIVE 2001/29/EC from 2001. This is codified into local law in various ways by various member states, but as an example in the UK it became section 296zb of the Copyright Design and Patents Act (as modified by the Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003), which can be found at https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/296ZB https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/296ZB. (1)A person commits an offence if he— (a)manufactures for sale or hire, or (b)imports otherwise than for his private and domestic use, or (c)in the course of a business— (i)sells or lets for hire, or (ii)offers or exposes for sale or hire, or (iii)advertises for sale or hire, or (iv)possesses, or (v)distributes, or (d)distributes otherwise than in the course of a business to such an extent as to affect prejudicially the copyright owner, any device, product or component which is primarily designed, produced, or adapted for the purpose of enabling or facilitating the circumvention of effective technological measures. (2)A person commits an offence if he provides, promotes, advertises or markets— (a)in the course of a business, or (b)otherwise than in the course of a business to such an extent as to affect prejudicially the copyright owner, a service the purpose of which is to enable or facilitate the circumvention of effective technological measures. I shall spare you the rest, which is available at the link. But I would note it's not even a civil offence, it's a criminal one, with a maximum two year prison penalty.

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Paianni 6y ago
"effective technological measures" That's the grey area.