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Originally Posted by speedlever
If stripping DRM is illegal, how is it that CNET sells such a tool?
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CNET aren't selling the tool, but they are providing a link to it. I'm pretty sure they're only doing it because they haven't yet realised what they're doing.
The people selling the tool have registered their domain with godaddy.com (just over a year ago). Their email goes to a gmail address. Their website & files for download seem to be hosted on a server in Absecom, New Jersey, USA.
Oddly, following the payment link leads to a page showing the price in Canadian Dollars, so it's possible they're Canadians. I don't think that de-drm software distribution is illegal in Canada. But given Dimitri Skylarov's experience, I think that if they are Canadians they'll need to be very cautious about visiting the US...