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Originally Posted by murraypaul
Using one, no.
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It's certainly implied in 296ZE, as I indicated above.
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(2) Where the application of any effective technological measure to a copyright work other than a computer program prevents a person from carrying out a permitted act in relation to that work then that person or a person being a representative of a class of persons prevented from carrying out a permitted act may issue a notice of complaint to the Secretary of State.
(3)Following receipt of a notice of complaint, the Secretary of State may give to the owner of that copyright work or an exclusive licensee such directions as appear to the Secretary of State to be requisite or expedient for the purpose of—
(a)establishing whether any voluntary measure or agreement relevant to the copyright work the subject of the complaint subsists; or
(b)(where it is established there is no subsisting voluntary measure or agreement) ensuring that the owner or exclusive licensee of that copyright work makes available to the complainant the means of carrying out the permitted act the subject of the complaint to the extent necessary to so benefit from that permitted act.
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In other words, if DRM prevents you performing the permitted act (in this case copying) you are not allowed to circumvent the DRM. Instead you must complain to the Secretary of State who will decide on the remedial action required.
The response document I linked to earlier mentioned that the remedial action could be 'buy it in a different format'.
Graham