If the DMCA applies in this case then circumventing the protection, however easily, would be illegal. I am not sure if it would apply here because the copyright enforcement mechanism seems to be based on the way certain combinations of software and hardware rip audio files from CDs.
In general the DMCA is bad for technological innovation. No one will be able to reverse engineer any competing products that use encryption. So no one will know which are snake oil, because to make this determination would be illegal. There will be a prevalence of shoddy products which will inundate the market. Eventually, designing viable and secure solutions will become unprofitable.
Deep Thought is the name of the machine created by the mice in Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, that determined the ultimate answer to life, the universe and everything.
Deep Blue is the name of the IBM machine that beat Kasparov the second time they played.
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If the DMCA applies in this case then circumventing the protection, however easily, would be illegal. I am not sure if it would apply here because the copyright enforcement mechanism seems to be based on the way certain combinations of software and hardware rip audio files from CDs. In general the DMCA is bad for technological innovation. No one will be able to reverse engineer any competing products that use encryption. So no one will know which are snake oil, because to make this determination would be illegal. There will be a prevalence of shoddy products which will inundate the market. Eventually, designing viable and secure solutions will become unprofitable.
Deep Thought is the name of the machine created by the mice in Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, that determined the ultimate answer to life, the universe and everything.
Deep Blue is the name of the IBM machine that beat Kasparov the second time they played.