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Originally Posted by Xenophon
On the issue of "sharing" the tool -- you can't provide the tool to me in the US, nor can I pass it on to someone in the US. It's not, however, illegal to possess such a tool, nor is it illegal to acquire the tool; the law forbids providing it to someone else.
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Isn't sharing a two-way street? If I give you a copy of a DRM removal tool... we are BOTH sharing the tool... not just the giver is sharing, the receiver is sharing too.
Sounds like some people that claim that income taxes are not required to be paid because of some outrageous interpretations of the law. All of these arguments have been ruled by the courts as frivolous and the intent of the law is what is important not some nuanced interpretation of it.
I am sure that any court would rule that removing DRM with a tool that you did not write but just "acquired" from someone who shared it with you (you didn't share it based on your fuzzy logic) is still a violation of the DMCA. Now, whether the DMCA is constitutional is another question entierly.
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