Quote:
Originally Posted by HarryT
Is reverse engineering really illegal in the US? It didn't use to be - "clone" PC makers reversed engineered the IBM PC's BIOS, for example. You just have to show that you're not copying any of the original code in doing so.
It's perfectly legal still to do this in the EU.
|
It's very weird.
Sony themselves have used DMCA to take down sites involving simply getting access to.. without any level of encryption.. the PSP's file system. They also successfully used the DMCA against a number of 3rd party Memory Card makers who were making larger Memory Cards than Sony's. They TRIED to use it against people who were making third party controllers, but that got struck down because the controllers are simply USB controllers with a different prong.
I'm glad that they're not as harsh on the Reader front, but I assure you, they've successfully taken action on things involving simple access to the device (not involving cryptography) using the DMCA.