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Originally Posted by JSWolf
I didn't know the EU policy forbids DRM removal for personal use. But has it been implemented yet? That s the question. Is it yet illegal to remove the DRM? This is something we should know. Who is good at finding out?
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The EU directive itself, AFAIK, does not forbid DRM removal for personal use. But this is largely irrelevant. The individual member states' legislations are what's important, and those may very well forbid DRM removal for any reason, ever. What legislation and jurisdiction there is on the topic makes it clear that posting links to software that allows you to remove DRM is in fact illegal in several jurisdictions, e.g. in Germany.
That said, the relevant questions is this: what is the law at the places where this forum is hosted and where the forum owner lives?