[plug] We're not in the USA, but...

[bob]

On Tue, 19 Feb 2002 17:45, skribe wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Feb 2002 16:42, craig at postnewspapers.com.au wrote:
> > We have
> > versions of most of their most brain-dead laws anyway
> > (http://www.efa.org.au)
>
> True, but, last I heard, at least our version allows for reverse
> engineering.
>
> skribe

( I assume we're talking DMCA here :).

Uh... trouble is, so does theirs... at least to some extent. 

A short google search reveals...
 Section 1201(f) of the statute, which provides that, notwithstanding Section 
1201(a)(2)---

"a person who has lawfully obtained the right to use a copy of a computer 
program may circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls 
access to a particular portion of that program for the sole purpose of 
identifying and analyzing those elements of the program that are necessary to 
achieve interoperability of an independently created computer program with 
other programs . . . to the extent that any such acts of identification and 
analysis do not constitute infringement under this title."

HTH.

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