CSS ruled "ineffective" in Finnish court

05-25-2007

Bypassing CSS protection on DVDs ruled legal, because CSS doesn't work:
<http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070525-finland-court-breaking-ineffective-copy-protection-is-permissible.html>

05-26-2007

On Sat, 26 May 2007 09:19:21 +1200, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

> Bypassing CSS protection on DVDs ruled legal, because CSS doesn't work:

So, if someone cracks any protection, then its legal as the protection
will no longer work.

I guess it is illegal to *try* and crack the protection.

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