[Infowarrior] - Germans redefine "private use"

[Richard Forno]

More on the new German DRM law......

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070923-german-dmca-spanks-consumers-c
oming-and-going.html

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"However, private use is exclusive of anything that requires circumvention
of DRM, radically reducing the amount of materials eligible for such
"private use." While the entertainment industry seeks higher tariffs on
things like blank CDs, music players, DVD burners, and even servers, it can
continue to adopt DRM in order to make private use technically illegal."