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Re:The Amazon Kindle Cloud Reader is live by recoiledsnake on Wednesday August 10, 2011 @01:28PM (#2869244)
Isn't violating copyright(except for fair use) already illegal? If you photocopy a book fully and give it your friend, you're already violating copyright and can receive a takedown notice[1], regardless of the anti-decryption clause of the DMCA.

[1] A different provision of the DMCA

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Re:The Amazon Kindle Cloud Reader is live by camiller on Wednesday August 10, 2011 @03:25PM (#2869781)
IIRC/IANAL, violating the copyright without commercial intent (you are not selling it) is still a civil law violation although DMCA takedown provisions still apply. Breaking DRM elevates it to a criminal charge.

I think that is the case, but correct me if I am wrong, it has been awhile since I studied this.

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Re:The Amazon Kindle Cloud Reader is live by jrockway on Wednesday August 10, 2011 @06:38PM (#2870521)
If only there were some way to anonymously release software...
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Re:The Amazon Kindle Cloud Reader is live by camiller on Thursday August 11, 2011 @08:42AM (#2872536)
Releasing it is not the issue for the user, possession of the software is.
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Re:The Amazon Kindle Cloud Reader is live by jrockway on Thursday August 11, 2011 @09:37AM (#2872742)
If only there was some constitutional amendment that promised people the right "to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches".

This means: if you have some circumvention device whose presence cannot be detected from outside your home: too bad for the government. They can't do anything about it.

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