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Originally Posted by Doug Pardee
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Subsection (f) is the only mention of "interoperability", and it's only applicable to computer programs, not to e-books. Subsection (f)(4) notes, "the term “interoperability” means the ability of computer programs to exchange information, and of such programs mutually to use the information which has been exchanged."
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Yeah, that's the exact section I was referring to. As I see it, you're circumventing the encryption (the end result of a software process) and to do so, you must reverse engineer the decrypting application (the reader software). Differences in interpretation is why the case law is so important!
I think the Library of Congress entry was added specifically for the Sklyarov case, since that the use of his software.