DRM prevents you from downloading copies of books you've purchased from online storefronts, but is it legal to bypass DRM to create backups? Cory Doctorow, an expert on the DMCA, weighs in on the subject.
  • Delzur@vegantheoryclub.orgEnglish
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    11 days ago

    It’s not needed.

    If another law says you have a right to create backups of digital content you own, then two laws are in conflict. Why would dcma have precedence?

    No idea about US, but in some countries it would be up to judges, and with enough rulings it would be settled one way or another.

    • psud@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      11 days ago

      Aussie copyright law gives us the right to circumvent protections in order to make copies to watch on a device the original can’t be played on.

      Linux out of the box is remarkably incompatible with DRM protected content and so makes an excellent thing on which one might want to watch, listen to, or read a thing

    • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
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      11 days ago

      If another law says you have a right to create

      That law doesn’t exist and that’s not how law works. Law does not specify what is allowed, only what isn’t. Breaking encryption isn’t.

      • DaTingGoBrrr@lemm.eeEnglish
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        11 days ago

        It exists in Sweden. We are allowed to make private copies of movies, music and whatever. If I want to rip a CD and give it to my family and friends that is 100% legal. But it’s not legal to sell the copies.

      • shinxir@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        10 days ago

        The right for a private good exists. In the same way different countries exist, different views in copyright and the right to backup exists.