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[Raelynn]

On a slightly sideways topic concerning the DMCA, what do you guy think of the ruling against a man who created ROMs of game boy games, was hit with circumventing copy right protections and then claimed that there were no copyright protections on the game boy cartridges?

I do not know the outcome of this case, most likely won by Nintendo because of their access to lawyers, but more importantly I wanted to know if you thought the man's arguement was solid. Does the DMCA protect against all copying or only against circumventing the protections?

I understand that technically the normal copyright laws make the copy of the data illegal, but Nintendo actually took him to court for circumventing the protections as protected by the DMCA, not for the actual copyright infringements.