[textread]

I found the anti-circumvention clause confusing.

    It also criminalizes the act of circumventing an access control, whether or not 
    there is actual infringement of copyright itself.[1]

I couldnt substantiate this claim (circumvention of access to non-copyrighted material) by going through 17 U.S.C. 1201.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_A....

[boomboomsubban]

This means that if there is DRM on a DVD, even though it is legal to make a backup of the media you own it is illegal to bypass the DRM. There is no copyright infringement, but you have broken the law.

[Der_Einzige]

What a stupid law. Needs to be removed asap. If buying isn’t owning, than piracy isn’t stealing.

If I pick a lock for a safe I bought, it’s not illegal. But if I do that with software it’s illegal? Fuck that!

[textread]

So, have you still broken the law if that DVD contained media which is in the public domain?

[boomboomsubban]

Yes, bypassing DRM is against the law unless you're doing so for one of the approved reasons. What content you're bypassing DRM to access is unimportant.

[0xcde4c3db]

The general prohibition is in section 1201; the criminal penalties are in section 1204.