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Originally Posted by avantman42
Am I wrong? Would having DRM on the work provide more legal weight than a copyright notice? I'd have thought not, since anything can have DRM applied, whether it is protected by copyright or not.
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There are two sets of laws here (at least in the USA). Copyright and the DMCA (an extension to copyright that primarily deals with digital works). The DMCA gives additional legal avenues to people who use DRM. Anti-DRM circumvention is part of the DMCA. So if you use DRM you can sue for violation of copyright and for circumventing the DRM protecting the work. However many parts of the DMCA do not require the use of DRM to be used by a rights holder (take down notice for instance).