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Dennis Gunn wrote:

>>Thoughts from the mind of Tobias Seyb, 27-05-2002:
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>>>I just read that informing about methods to crack a copy protection is
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>> >forbidden by law in the US.
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>\
>Interesting concept but I wonder if such a law will actually stand up 
>when it is put to the test in court.  I am betting it won't.
>
There's a trial going on right now related to "cracking" copyright 
protection. The legislation seems to work and US justice is doing a 
proper job on this. Obviously the copyrigth related industries are only 
sueing serious infringements. I don't think they'll sue publishers for 
publishing the tricks on how to remove copyright protection if it's just 
a simple tip like what has been discussed here. That tip has just been 
announced in an official music magazine in Germany: Musikwoche:
http://www.mediabiz.de/newsvoll.afp?Nnr=114841&Biz=musicbiz&Premium=N&Navi=00000000&T=1

There is good European legislation on this as well, it's just that the 
European member states haven't ratified the copyright directive yet. :-(

Cheers,
Joeri

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