RE: French ruling against DVDs/CDs that prevent copying

Jim Peters:
>  French courts have ruled that it is unlawful to sell a DVD with a
>  system installed which prevents copying because it contravenes the
>  purchaser's right to take a private copy for himself=2E
>Sounds promising for fair use, although is this old news?

No, I think that's pretty much current news, I first heard the story only a
couple of weeks ago=2E

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