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Old 01-11-2010, 04:29 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by edembowski View Post
'Perhaps' is a great word for this. In the US, there has been case precedent for prosecution of sharing media (Music and Movies, I don't know of any for books), there have been successful DMCA takedown notices for decryption tools, but there has never been a case brought to court about a consumer decrypting content they legitimately purchased. I personally believe that will never happen for a number of reasons, but the possibility does remain. If they ever did prosecute it would be a very interesting conversation, and one sure to make the publisher look bad.

- Ed
The fact that the publisher could show no damages is a biggie. I actually can't wait for the first one.
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