Danish DRM Breaker Turns Himself In To Test Backup Law

coaxial writes "In Denmark, it's legal to make copies of commercial videos for backup or other private purposes. It's also illegal to break the DRM that restricts copying of DVDs. Deciding to find out which law mattered, Henrik Anderson reported himself for 100 violations of the DRM-breaking law (he ripped his DVD collection to his computer) and demanded that the Danish anti-piracy Antipiratgruppen do something about it. They promised him a response, then didn't respond. So now he's reporting himself to the police. He wants a trial, so that the legality of the DRM-breaking law can be tested in court."

Re:Kudos

[Zibben]

Why did I suddenly get an immage of John Cleese running into the room in a robot costume screaming "Nobody expects the Digital Inquisition!!" Need more coffee.

Lightweight!

[Locke2005]

His DVD collection consists of only 100 discs?!? How big is his collection of movies downloaded via bittorrent?

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[Errtu76]

IANAL .. really

Re:this is brave

[SDF-7]

No, I'm fairly certain no one will care if you take your jacket off and have short sleeves in the post office.

Baring much else will get you in trouble, of course.

And before anyone else asks -- no, you shouldn't arm bears in the post office either.

Re:Lightweight!

[thelonious]

Do you want the numbers with or without pron?

Re:this is brave

[geminidomino]

My uncle got pulled over for being 10mph over the limit when he thought he was going the correct speed. The cop didn't ticket him, but pointed out that his obviously new tires weren't the same diameter as the factory ones. Then told him to get his odometer recalibrated for the new tires. Seems your speedometer and odometer are directly linked to the number of rotations of tires of a specific diameter, change that and they read the wrong values. That's just one example where violations occur because of stuff you don't know about. It happens to cops too.

Where the hell did this happen? Around here, that sort of knowledge would result in the cops making deals with the auto shops to sell people bigger tires!

What I want to know is

[lanadapter]

How does he fit through his door with such massive balls?

Re:this is brave

[djrosen]

I tried this once. Cop was a wiseass right back. "When you go fishing, do you expect to catch ALL the fish?" I took my ticket and left.

WHAT?

[Kingrames]

This Danish guy just... Turned himself in? My god, someone save him! Doesn't he know that cops EAT DANISHES?

at the risk of beating a quote into the ground

[sammy baby]

"In Denmark, it's legal to make copies of commercial videos for backup or other private purposes. It's also illegal to break the DRM that restricts copying of DVDs. Deciding to find out which law mattered, Henrik Anderson reported himself for 100 violations of the DRM-breaking law (he ripped his DVD collection to his computer) and demanded that the Danish anti-piracy Antipiratgruppen do something about it. They promised him a response, then didn't respond. So now he's reporting himself to the police. He wants a trial, so that the legality of the DRM-breaking law can be tested in court."

Something is awesome in the state of Denmark. And it's Anderson.

Re:They did respond...

[NevarMore]

(the preceding is essentially American law, apologies in advance for where it doesn't apply)

Would be a good idea to append this to every foreign policy action that my country uses.

Re:this is brave

[Hatta]

I'd wager my left toe that absolutely nothing comes of it.

Which left toe? Or have you lost similar wagers so many times that you have only one left toe left?