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Old 05-04-2009, 06:40 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by Xenophon View Post
Because Fair Use is defined only through case law (and not via statute), and because no court has yet ruled on this issue, we do not yet know whether or not removing DRM from legitimately acquired content for personal use only is legal. It just isn't clear. And it will remain unclear until either there's a relevant court case or the Congress decides to address the issue in statute.
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Laws should be something people can understand. This sort of confusion makes it impossible to obey the law.

If some court decides this is a felony and no ordinary person (apparently not even if they are also a legal expert) knows what behavior the law was intended to prohibit, would a court actually punish someone?
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