[TriLUG] buying songs online

Michael Tharp gxti at partiallystapled.com
Mon Sep 4 13:21:03 EDT 2006


Kevin Otte wrote:
> And by removing the DRM from the object, you are now in violation of the
> Digital Millenium Copyright Act of 1998 (DMCA).  I'm not saying the law
> is just, but it is the law.  It isn't worth going to jail over,
> especially when there are other options available (as noted later in
> this thread).
>   
Isn't there a loophole for interoperability? Most DRM-removers claim to 
operate under this motive. Obviously, you can't play WMA-DRMed files on 
linux, so it's a viable claim.



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