... Chernyak explains how to break current copyright law. All it takes, Chernyak explains, is one finger on the Shift key while you put a CD in your computer, disabling corporate-installed software designed to prevent you from copying music.
The RIAA may want you to think it's illegal to hold down the Shift key, but it's never been decided in a court of law.
If pressing Shift is illegal, is it illegal to disable autorun in the Registry? Is it illegal to insert the CD in a computer that doesn't run Windows?
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The RIAA may want you to think it's illegal to hold down the Shift key, but it's never been decided in a court of law.
If pressing Shift is illegal, is it illegal to disable autorun in the Registry? Is it illegal to insert the CD in a computer that doesn't run Windows?
Even SunComm wisely decided not to sue Halderman who publicized the workaround.