[free-sklyarov] Legal technicality question

[Sam Gray]

I saw some discussion of the finer points of the DMCA and what was and was
not a crime, but I've been buried under all this traffic and it may take me
a while to find it again.  If anyone can answer this question, please reply
directly to me as well as to the list:

Is personal use of a circumvention device illegal under the DMCA, or is it
merely "trafficking" that's now a crime?  In other words, if I write my own
software to rip the content from an eBook to exercise my fair use rights,
can legal action be taken against me?  Or is it just when I try to tell
someone else about it?

Again, please reply directly to me <saint_sam at yahoo.com> as well as to the
list.  Thanks!
-Sam

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"They want the federal government controlling Social Security 
 like it's some kind of federal program." 
 - George W. Bush, St. Charles, Mo., Nov. 2, 2000

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