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Originally Posted by makicr
Watch out what you recommend re: stripping DRM, as if you are in the US you may be violating the DMCA (or the EUCD if you live in the EU). If you are in Canada, strip away.
For those of you that have been living under a technological rock, the DMCA "criminalizes production and dissemination of technology, devices, or services that are used to circumvent measures that control access to copyrighted works (commonly known as DRM) and criminalizes the act of circumventing an access control, even when there is no infringement of copyright itself." While there are a few exceptions, none appear to be relevant on the face. You may get some mileage with the exception for "obsolete software and video game formats," but no guarantees.
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Interestingly, the e-mail from MSN Music announcing this detailed what you can do to make sure that you still have access to music that you purchased. (Their instructions were to burn the songs to an audio CD and then re-rip them.)