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Originally Posted by brainycat
Do you know how the law pertains to writing and/or distributing code for the purpose of removing DRM?
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This is subject to criminal penalties, even if using the resulting software can be legal under some circumstances and even if you write the software outside the US. See
United States v. ElcomSoft and Sklyarov for the only major case. Since then, most developers have decided to remain anonymous and, as you say, the software is typically hosted outside the US.