> I didn't say anything about DRM not hindering fair use.
I assumed that your post was in reply to this:
> So what has happened here is that DRM has defeated fair use
I said nothing about personal fair use. The point I tried to make was that combination of DRM+DMCA voids fair use for the "scholarly" type things as well as any others.
> in Europe you are not bound by the US-DMCA (or Copyright) laws but those
> of your own country.
What we have in Europe is the Copyright Directive with some differences between member states.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Directive