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Originally Posted by Nakor
Nope, they only decided it's illegal to make yourself able to do the backup except by developing the technology necessary to do so yourself.
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Actually, you are wrong about that (except in the technical legal sense that the word "decide" has for lawyers.) The court made the specific point that if the consumer buys the tools, he can use them without fear of the law. It is
not illegal to buy the tools, nor to use the tools if you manage to buy them. It is only illegal to
sell them.
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I remember hearing about that case before, always thought it was a bit backwards. I mean, understandable to some extent in the big picture, yet still hypocritical at the same time.
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It's not the court's fault. The judge's opinion is perfectly sound - she nails it down - that's what the law says. It's almost, but not quite, a Catch-22.