Danish DRM Breaker Turns Himself In To Test Backup Law

Posted by timothy on Wednesday December 2, 2009 @07:53AM 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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That Dude is My Hero! by MarkvW · 2009-12-02 08:27 · Score: 5, Interesting

He's not a whining sniveling cowardly hypocrite like the Pirate Bay defendants.
This guy's putting it on the line. Does he have a defense fund that can be contributed to?
Re:How does that work? by DaleSwanson · 2009-12-02 11:01 · Score: 5, Interesting

There is no civil case here as there has been no copyright infringement. Rather in Denmark it is illegal to break DRM. He broke DRM and thus broke the law. The issue is that in Denmark there is the legal right to make copies, and in order to do that you must break the DRM.