Legalized DRM circumvention for abandonware

[scottmitting]

Immediately thought of Ross's rants on the subject when I saw this article. Apparently abandonware and specifically the circumstance where a server-connection is required and the server goes down is covered. US Copyright law of course doesn't affect everywhere directly, and doesn't make the work any easier to do, but at least the work can come out from the shadows with some legal cover.

 

http://consumerist.com/2015/10/27/copyright-office-rules-yes-security-researchers-may-hack-cars-and-a-couple-other-things-for-science/

 

I think I have a good analogy. I mean you can get pot in New Mexico, but you're going to have a more consistent product going to Colorado, and more specifically if your neighbor doesn't like what you're doing, he's got no means to make stormtroopers appear at your house without falsifying a police report.

[Icebox]

Thanks for the link.