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Old 02-23-2010, 04:12 AM   #3
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Hi Eowyn,

It wouldn't be US law, it would be French law. ACTA is a trade agreement, like the free trade agreements, that imposes legal obligations on the signatory countries to comply with certain basic rules (someone will correct me here if I am wrong, but I think that is the basic way it works).

So, with the World Trade Organization agreements, there are certain things, like government price supports for industry and tariffs, that are not allowed. With this agreement, circumventing DRM would not be allowed.

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How can US law affect me anyway ?
As a French citizen, i'm only submitted to US laws when i visit there, or buy stuff from there.

Oh, ok, i had missed something there.
Mmm, I don't care much if getting rid or drm becomes illegal, i'll keep reading my dvd's with Linux, or use inept. And if somehow they manage to make that technically impossible, i'll stop buying books and dvd's if i can't read them.
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