Posted by Bob on 11/18/05 10:12

On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 20:09:30 -0800, "Alpha" <none@none.net> wrote:

>> And they may have also violated copyright law to prevent copyright
>> infringement.

>Wrong. Copyright law gives no right to copy, except for fair use, limited
>to educational use mostly.

Wrong. Digital Rights go beyond mere copying. It is illegal to decrypt
content that has been encrypted. You can't seriously believe that the
companies rely on encryption to prevent copying. lol.

The reason for the encryption is not to stop copying per se, but to
put up an artificial barrier for legal purposes. It is the decryption
that is illegal, along with copying the content.

IOW, you cannot use "fair use" as a justification for decrypting
content that has been encrypted.



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