Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 7th Apr 2003 17:10 UTC
Today, Red Hat Linux 9 has been "officially" released to the masses via the FTP servers, and we host here a mini-interview with Matt Wilson, Manager, Base Operating Systems at Red Hat, Inc.
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Sorry dude, this falls under fair use, which supercedes any anti-circumvention legislation. It is my understanding that this is an exception stated in the wording of the DMCA, as it can be conclusively proven that the tool (decss) can be used for purposes other than breaking copyright (watching legitimately acquired media).
See section 1201 of the DMCA (excerpt):
`(2) No person shall manufacture, import, offer to the public, provide, or otherwise traffic in any technology, product, service, device, component, or part thereof, that--
`(A) is primarily designed or produced for the purpose of circumventing a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this title;
`(B) has only limited commercially significant purpose or use other than to circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this title; or
`(C) is marketed by that person or another acting in concert with that person with that person's knowledge for use in circumventing a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this title.
... (this is the critical bit)
`(c) OTHER RIGHTS, ETC., NOT AFFECTED- (1) Nothing in this section shall affect rights, remedies, limitations, or defenses to copyright infringement, including fair use, under this title.