On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 10:42:24 +0100, Bernd Petrovitsch said: > With the exception that I *can* circumvent the protection on PDFs *if* > I'm legally allowed to copy the copyrighted work (with or without the > owner's permission - this is one reason for a legal copy. But there are > others which cannot be inhibited by the copyright holder - which is > usually not the artist). Actually, in the US, it is in fact illegal to bypass a protection scheme *even if the content is something you have legal rights to*. http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode17/usc_sec_17_00001201----000-.html 17 USC 1201(a)(1)(A) says: (A) No person shall circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this title. The prohibition contained in the preceding sentence shall take effect at the end of the 2-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this chapter. The rest of 1201(a)(1) talks about getting an exemption, good for 3 years only, to allow you to bypass a control for a non-infringing use. Got that? You have to apply for special permission to bypass to get data that you have rights to use....
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