May 25, 2007

Major development in EU copyright interpretation

A court in Finland has just ruled that Finnish--and by implication EU--copyright laws only protect "effective" DRM. CSS, the DRM used to protect DVDs since their release in the 1990s, was ruled ineffective, and thus legal to crack.

Kind of a circular argument at root, but I think it's sound nonetheless. It's illegal to crack DRM that hasn't been cracked yet, but once it has been cracked...

Does this mean that AACS is also "ineffective"? I mean there are already HD-DVD movies up for download on BitTorrent. Sometimes even before they're released. Certainly something that easily available can't be effective.

Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • del.icio.us
  • digg
  • Furl
  • Spurl
  • YahooMyWeb
  • co.mments
  • Ma.gnolia
  • De.lirio.us
  • blogmarks
  • BlinkList
  • NewsVine
  • scuttle
  • Fark
  • Shadows
Add this blog to my Technorati Favorites!
Posted by ryan at May 25, 2007 01:06 PM | TrackBack
Comments
Post a comment









Remember personal info?