Danish copyright activist challenges conflicting DRM-legislation
Posted on | December 4, 2009 | No Comments
Boing Boing writes: “In Denmark, it’s legal to make copies of commercial videos for backup or other private purposes. It’s also illegal to break the DRM that restricts copying of DVDs. Deciding to find out which law mattered, Henrik Anderson reported himself for 100 violations of the DRM-breaking law (he ripped his DVD collection to his computer) and demanded that the Danish anti-piracy Antipiratgruppen do something about. They promised him a response, then didn’t respond. So now he’s reporting himself to the police. He wants a trial, so that the legality of the DRM-breaking law can be tested in court.”
Go Henrik! What an admirable way to challenge the idiocy of strict and unflexible copyright legislation.
Read the full piece on Boing Boing – as well as the discussions over at Slashdot.
Tags: Activism > Antipiratgruppen > Boing Boing > copyright > DRM > Henrik Anderson
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