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		jevinskie on Oct 19, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: One Company Dared Compete With IBM And Macintosh C... Not when doing DRM work. It is an anti-circumvention device under the DMCA and the "research exception" is very weak and almost worthless in practice.

vidarh on Oct 19, 2012 [–]

.. in the US. In most of Europe for example, your ability to circumvent DRM for the purpose of reverse engineering for interoperability is protected.

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