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Title from the article. Interesting article, with some good words from our DRM-free favorite Cory Doctorow.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/40754848

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[–] Delzur@vegantheoryclub.org 10 points 1 month ago (3 children)

It's not needed.

If another law says you have a right to create backups of digital content you own, then two laws are in conflict. Why would dcma have precedence?

No idea about US, but in some countries it would be up to judges, and with enough rulings it would be settled one way or another.

[–] neshura@bookwormstory.social 7 points 1 month ago

At least here in Germany the bypassing of DRM is so legal they don't even try to get you for it. The only thing they ever go after nowadays is distributing and consuming that cracked content (get logless VPN and that problem solves itself). But if you go and rip Netflix movies for your own enjoyment they have no leg to stand on in court unless you distribute it.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Aussie copyright law gives us the right to circumvent protections in order to make copies to watch on a device the original can't be played on.

Linux out of the box is remarkably incompatible with DRM protected content and so makes an excellent thing on which one might want to watch, listen to, or read a thing

[–] brisk@aussie.zone 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You don't happen to know what whereabouts in legislation that's detailed, do you?