That would be a circumvention according to the DMCA, and possibly lead to the prosecution of distributing a circumvention device/software.
Not to rain on anyone's parade, but that might make the RIAA's case even stronger in the eyes of the masses (read: lobby-ed masses).
A number of large sites, both corporate and strictly informative, use a HTTP-referer mechanism to transport you to the top-level page if you just "ended up" in the middle of the site.
Used properly, this is a good example of user-friendly interface engineering without being obnoxious.
Just my $.02.
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That would be a circumvention according to the DMCA, and possibly lead to the prosecution of distributing a circumvention device/software. Not to rain on anyone's parade, but that might make the RIAA's case even stronger in the eyes of the masses (read: lobby-ed masses).
A number of large sites, both corporate and strictly informative, use a HTTP-referer mechanism to transport you to the top-level page if you just "ended up" in the middle of the site. Used properly, this is a good example of user-friendly interface engineering without being obnoxious. Just my $.02.