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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
However, putting DRM on content that is in the public domain does not magically re-apply copyright.
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Nowhere did I claim that copyright is re-applied. I was discussing an ALTERNATE mechanism which prevents you from using copies distributed with DRM protection. I said that it is illegal to remove DRM protection EVEN from content that is in public domain, and that it IS not illegal for distributors to apply such a protection on public domain matériel that they sell (or give away).
It is not a COPYRIGHT, but your capability to use THAT copy is severely limited, would you agree?
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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
While it may be illegal for me to invent a tool that cracks their DRM scheme, they cannot in any way, shape or form prevent me from redistributing that PD text.
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That's interesting question. I guess it is legal to distribute encrypted version of "War and Peace" from Sony... but since protection can NOT be legally removed from THAT copy, that version is useless to anybody except yourself (who have a registered device, hence a key, to read it).