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Fins AOK with breaking DRM


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Lady_Satine
Title: Head of Lexian R&D
Joined: Oct 15 2005
Location: Metro area, Georgia
PostPosted: May 26 2007 01:44 am Reply with quote Back to top

Time to pack the bags and move to Finland!

Known for the beautiful Finnish women, Nokia and Karjalanpiirakka (a traditional pastry for those not in the know), they can now chalk up one more perk for being a Finn....the lack of prosecution for ripping DVDs.

In a recent legal case, the Finnish court ruled that charges must be dropped against two defendants who had "organized discussions" on how to break technical protection systems.

The court came to this conclusion based on the decision that the DRM on DVD's is no longer able to protect the content it was intended for. With software widely available all over the internet, and in some occassions pre-installed on certain operating systems, the Finns just ain't down with persecuting their own people.

One more perk, bands like Apocalyptica and Lyijykomppania!


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UltimateFierce
Title: Nippon Yankee
Joined: Jan 17 2007
Location: Right here...
PostPosted: May 26 2007 09:09 am Reply with quote Back to top

Already there (or should I say here?(Don't ask what I'm doing all the way away from Japan & U.S.A in Finland)).


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