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Danish DRM Breaker Turns Himself In To Test Backup Law

Posted by timothy on from the impure-impurity-and-impureness dept.

coaxial writes "In Denmark, it's legal to make copies of commercial videos for backup or other private purposes. It's also illegal to break the DRM that restricts copying of DVDs. Deciding to find out which law mattered, Henrik Anderson reported himself for 100 violations of the DRM-breaking law (he ripped his DVD collection to his computer) and demanded that the Danish anti-piracy Antipiratgruppen do something about it. They promised him a response, then didn't respond. So now he's reporting himself to the police. He wants a trial, so that the legality of the DRM-breaking law can be tested in court."

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  1. Lightweight! by Locke2005 · · Score: 3, Funny

    His DVD collection consists of only 100 discs?!? How big is his collection of movies downloaded via bittorrent?

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  2. Re:this is brave by SDF-7 · · Score: 3, Funny

    No, I'm fairly certain no one will care if you take your jacket off and have short sleeves in the post office.

    Baring much else will get you in trouble, of course.

    And before anyone else asks -- no, you shouldn't arm bears in the post office either.

  3. Re:this is brave by geminidomino · · Score: 4, Funny

    My uncle got pulled over for being 10mph over the limit when he thought he was going the correct speed. The cop didn't ticket him, but pointed out that his obviously new tires weren't the same diameter as the factory ones. Then told him to get his odometer recalibrated for the new tires. Seems your speedometer and odometer are directly linked to the number of rotations of tires of a specific diameter, change that and they read the wrong values. That's just one example where violations occur because of stuff you don't know about. It happens to cops too.

    Where the hell did this happen? Around here, that sort of knowledge would result in the cops making deals with the auto shops to sell people bigger tires!

  4. What I want to know is by lanadapter+ · · Score: 5, Funny

    How does he fit through his door with such massive balls?

  5. WHAT? by Kingrames · · Score: 5, Funny

    This Danish guy just... Turned himself in? My god, someone save him! Doesn't he know that cops EAT DANISHES?

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  6. at the risk of beating a quote into the ground by sammy+baby · · Score: 5, Funny

    "In Denmark, it's legal to make copies of commercial videos for backup or other private purposes. It's also illegal to break the DRM that restricts copying of DVDs. Deciding to find out which law mattered, Henrik Anderson reported himself for 100 violations of the DRM-breaking law (he ripped his DVD collection to his computer) and demanded that the Danish anti-piracy Antipiratgruppen do something about it. They promised him a response, then didn't respond. So now he's reporting himself to the police. He wants a trial, so that the legality of the DRM-breaking law can be tested in court."

    Something is awesome in the state of Denmark. And it's Anderson.

  7. Re:this is brave by Hatta · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd wager my left toe that absolutely nothing comes of it.

    Which left toe? Or have you lost similar wagers so many times that you have only one left toe left?

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