CD copy protection...

[optimus2861]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
In the US, a crack is a violation of the draconian DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) because it forbids circumvention of devices that enforce copyrights. Check out the case of DeCSS for details.

Yes, I know about that ridiculous DMCA. Thank heavens it doesn't apply to Canada . DeCSS -- that's the Norwegian kid, right? The one who wanted to watch his own DVDs on his Linux system, then promptly got charged for breaking copyrights? In a startling display of common sense, Norway's courts found him not guilty and IIRC the charges were dropped . But of course the Hollywood bastards appealed it, and I think it's still working its way through the Norwegian courts .