IIRC, the DMCA specifically permits circumvention of copy protection/DRM/anything else if it is done specifically for purposes of interoperability (not just to allow unauthorized access to information). That means that OpenOffice or any other competitor would be allowed to crack their encryption in order to allow their users to read.doc files. Right?
Only FCC Part 15 devices are subject the the "accept harmful interference, and cause no harmful interference" requirement. Amateur radio is a licensed service with dedicated spectrum. Transmitting/interfering on ham bands is illegal. Moreover, ham radio activities are allowed to cause harmful interference to Part 15 and other unlicensed devices operating in the amateur spectrum.
You must be thinking of MRI. X-ray machines have no need for huge magnetic fields. In fact, a large field would royally screw with the beam path in the tube, just like it does in a CRT.
they wanted to X-Ray four floppy disks I had... It took a while of telling them what would happen if they did
And exactly what would that be? As all geeks should know, magnetic disks (as well as all other modern storage media) are utterly and completely uncompromised by ionizing radiation. RAM (including flash) may be subject to occasional bit reversals under these circumstances, but it is exceedingly unlikely to cause a problem. As in, so unlikely it's simply not a concern.
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IIRC, the DMCA specifically permits circumvention of copy protection/DRM/anything else if it is done specifically for purposes of interoperability (not just to allow unauthorized access to information). That means that OpenOffice or any other competitor would be allowed to crack their encryption in order to allow their users to read .doc files. Right?
Only FCC Part 15 devices are subject the the "accept harmful interference, and cause no harmful interference" requirement. Amateur radio is a licensed service with dedicated spectrum. Transmitting/interfering on ham bands is illegal. Moreover, ham radio activities are allowed to cause harmful interference to Part 15 and other unlicensed devices operating in the amateur spectrum.