Thread: What is the real purpose of DRM?
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Old 04-09-2010, 02:49 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by Ankh View Post
Millennium act, wasn't it? They have every right to put DRM on whatever they please (public domain or not), distribution of any tool that can be used to circumvent DRM is a criminal act...
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act only protects copyrighted material. Removing the "DRM" from non-copyrighted material can't (erm, should not?) be illegal, because there are no digital rights to protect.

For public domain works, "DRM" is a misnomer; it's just usage-prevention software at that point.
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