Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah wrote:
To be boringly pedantic about it, doesn't the DMCA only kick in when you do
something to "circumvent" a tech that is being used for dig. rights man.? (Which
is a dangerous enough law to have around ...)
You'd have to ask a lawyer, who would probably waffle because of the
lack of case law. But yes, it appears that the DMCA only introduced
penalties for (section 1201) bypass of copy protection and (section
1202) removal of copyright notice/watermark/broadcast bit(? I can't tell
what "copyright management information" is.) Penalties in section 1204:
http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/hr2281_dmca_law_19981020_pl105-304.html
Note that I believe one video signal cleanup device was declared illegal
under the DMCA, because it accidentally removed some of the Macrovision
noise on VHS tapes.
I believe the DMCA was the start of criminal penalties for copyright.
Later, general copyright violations got criminal penalties here: (I think)
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sec_18_00002319----000-.html
BB
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