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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. this is brave by mrvan · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is really brave. Not just rant about how stupid a law is, or how unenforceable, and then just break it. But break it, deliberately turn yourself in, and show how stupid/unenforceable the law is.

    From an egoistic short-term perspective this is probably seen as just stupid, but this is the way to actually enact some changes.

    Bravo!

    1. Re:this is brave by MightyMartian · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I'd wager my left toe that absolutely nothing comes of it. The police aren't going to want to deal with it, and media companies and their government whores don't want that kind of a test case.

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  2. Kudos by overshoot · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Civil disobedience done right. The world would be a better place if more of us (and I'm specifically pointing to empty-nest geezers like that one in the mirror) had the cojones to do similarly rather than constantly bitching.

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  3. Re:First by Jaysyn · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm very glad civil-rights leaders in the 60's weren't so cowardly.

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  4. Re:Won't Loving Work. by loshwomp · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So where is the incentive to earn?

    Your incentive to earn (which I'm sure is alive and well) doesn't trump the intended incentive to keep you from breaking laws.