James Delahunty
25 Sep 2006 7:36
In response to the the newly adopted, very controversial DADVSI French law, three French DRM activists have turned themselves in to Police for breaking the law. The DADVSI law has made it illegal to bypass copy protection mechanisms, to help another bypass copy protection mechanisms or to suggest that somebody bypass copy protection mechanisms. Fine of up to €30,000 and six months in prison can be handed to offenders.
The three DRM activists were accompanied by a large crowd of supporters as they went to the local police station and admitted the following "crimes".
Stéphane used the DVD Decrypter software to help transfer a legally purchased DVD to his portable DVD player. For this offense he could face a €3,750 fine fine.
Tangui read a DVD disc on open source Linux software.
Jérôme bypassed the copy protection on music purchased from iTunes and another French online provider, wrote a webpage explaining how to bypass the DRM and translated a software that gets rid of protections on digital content. For these crimes, he could face a €30,000 fine and up to six months in prison.
Source:
Boing Boing