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One topic which struck me while reading the documents provided by Steve: circumventing copy protection is illegal. Is this really true in Luxembourg? Seriously WTF?

Well call me Shelly! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Directive

Article 6 of the Directive provides protection for "technological measures", any technology device or component which is designed to restrict or prevent certain acts which are not authorised by the rightholder. Member States must provide "adequate legal protection", which may be civil, criminal or a mix of the two. Technological measures are only protected if they are "effective", which means not when they actually work but when they have been successfully implemented. A simple password is thus "effective" irrespective of the ease with which it may be cracked. Rightholders who use such anti-circumvention measures must allow reproduction which is permitted under the limitations to copyright protection [Art. 6(4)]. Digital rights management information is similarly protected (Art. 7).

Unlike Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which only prohibits circumvention of access control measures, InfoSoc Directive also prohibits circumvention of copy protection measures, making it potentially more restrictive. In both DMCA and InfoSoc Directive, production, distribution etc. of equipment used to circumvent both access and copy-protection is prohibited. Under DMCA, a potential user who wants to avail herself of an alleged fair use privilege to crack copy protection (which is not prohibited) would have to do it herself since no equipment would lawfully be marketed for that purpose. Under InfoSoc Directive, this possibility would not be available since circumvention of copy protection is illegal.[6]

Voices to get:

• Sacem.lu (contacted via WebForm --SteveClement 19:00, 4 November 2009 (UTC))
• Patrick Peiffer LuxCommons (contacted via E-Mail --SteveClement 19:11, 4 November 2009 (UTC))
• Luxorr (contacted via E-Mail --SteveClement 19:11, 4 November 2009 (UTC))
• Jamendo (contacted via E-Mail --SteveClement 21:08, 5 November 2009 (UTC))
• ALGOA (contacted via E-Mail --SteveClement 23:44, 5 November 2009 (UTC))
• Ministry Intellectual Property (Lex OR Patrick H. Monday noon)
• Various Rekult Artists - head: Ralf Zeimet http://schnurstrax.blogspot.com/

• maybe: Gloda.net

Voices so far:

Marc Gerard freelance Photograph Yves Stephany independent Musician

Sources:

http://www.sokrates.lu/?q=node/2099
http://www.wort.lu/wort/web/letzebuerg/artikel/52356/es-geht-ums-ueberleben.php#
http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/30/30586/1.html
http://schnurstrax.blogspot.com/
http://www.luxorr.lu/index.html
 http://www.etat.lu/memorial/memorial/2004/C/Html/0293/C012790.3.2004.html (initial)
 http://www.etat.lu/memorial/memorial/2004/C/Html/0925/C056267.3.2004.html (amendments)
http://www.sacem.lu/
 http://www.etat.lu/memorial/memorial/2002/C/Html/1771/C84743.2002.html
http://www.sdrm.fr/
http://www.entreprises.public.lu/functions/contact/carnetAdresses/algoa/index.php
http://www.eco.public.lu/attributions/dg2/d_propriete_intellectuelle/index.html
http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/7771
http://chaosradio.ccc.de/cr93.html