On Fri, 9 Dec 2005, Fredrik Tolf wrote:
Fortunately, I don't live in the U.S., and as such am not affected by the DMCA. Less fortunately, I'm not a lawyer either, though, so I have no idea if you'd be able to use anything that I would disassemble.
Depending on where you live, this might affect you anyway. EU, for instance, has adopted it's own version of the DMCA. See: http://www.fipr.org/copyright/guide/ http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/0,39020645,39118164,00.htm http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/04/30/alan_cox_attacks_the_european/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMCA
For all I know Australia is already bound to the U.S. DMCA through treaties/trade agreements. WIPO is working towards complete world coverage with similar laws, protecting the "innocent"...
Disclaimer: IANAL.
Best regards
Peter Karlsson