I'm sure this isn't a valid legal interpretation, but when I see: > No person shall circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a wo

I'm sure this isn't a valid legal interpretation, but when I see: > No person shall circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this title. Then I say to myself, if I can bypass the technological measure, it doesn't effectively control access to the work, so it's fine. Especially when they later say > Nothing in this section shall affect rights, remedies, limitations, or defenses to copyright infringement, including fair use, under this title. Time shifting, format shifting, and space shifting are all established as fair use in case law; so I don't feel bad about circumventing ineffective controls to a protected work to enable my fair use of the work. IMHO, electronic distribution without authorization is a clear no, and obtaining a copy through unauthorized distribution is also a clear no. But I'm flexible if the original media is defective. And I'll pretend I didn't see it for things like the Despecialized Editions of Star Wars.