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

[russotto@grace.speakeasy.net (Matthew Russotto)]

In article <Pivob.38141$AU.30372@nwrddc01.gnilink.net>,
Frank Townsend <ftownsen@nospam.net> wrote:
>
>Matthew:
>
>I am trying to reconcile your comments with those made by the Librarian of
>Congress in reference to the recently issued exceptions:
>
>"The DMCA does not forbid the act of circumventing copy controls"

Hmm, I was wrong.  Devices which circumvent copy controls are illegal
to manufacture or traffic in, but the act of circumvention of copy
controls isn't illegal under the DMCA.

-- 
Matthew T. Russotto                            mrussotto@speakeasy.net
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