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Originally Posted by Ninjalawyer
Yes, there have been successful prosecutions under the DMCA, and people have been charged under the anti-circumvention section. There's a case sentencing summary here, that provides as follows: |
But that was a case of commercial copyright infringement - removing DRM and selling items for profit. I asked if there had been any prosecutions for format conversion and DRM removal for personal use. I have not heard of such a case (which is not to say that there have been none, of course).