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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal
Here's a link to a draft, for the final specification, you need to have a free membership to prslabs.com
http://www.y-adagio.com/public/commi...mt_pt62448.htm
How is format shifting circumventing device access? Since the device can be accessed by using PDF, RTF or TXT as well. |
Format shifting isn't circumventing DEVICE access by nature. It's circumventing FILE FORMAT access. US Courts have held that a company that does not specifically open a file format have an implied security over that system. This was tested in court with the GIF format via Unisys and the LZW patent enforcement.
That's why DMCA is so insidious. It alone covers copyright.. but combined with court cases and the remainder of US Copyright, Patent, and Trademark law renders many reverse engineering techniques illegal.