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Re: It's legal to crack Apple II copy protection

Subject: Re: It's legal to crack Apple II copy protection
From: spam@luddite.ca (Ned Ludd)
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 09:13:08 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Organization: Luddite Enterprises
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Greg Buchner <apple22@mn.rr.com> wrote:

> The U.S. Library of Congress created on Tuesday four narrow exemptions
> to a controversial digital-piracy statute

<snip>

> <IMPORTANT ONE!!!>
> 
> ï¿½ï¿½ Computer programs or video games that use obsolete formats or 
> hardware 
> 
> <Should include anything Apple II related...>

Of course this only applies to copying, not distribution. Does the DMCA
have anything to say about abandonware, or would that be beyond it's
scope?

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