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title: Writing software that pirates DVDs is legal
date: "2002-12-09T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 1011
description: I shared a surprising report that writing software to pirate DVDs is legally protected. It’s an interesting piece of history regarding the early legal battles over encryption bypass tools and developer freedom.
keywords: [dvd piracy, copyright law, encryption, digital rights management, legal ruling, software development]
---

This one is funny. [It's legal to write software that pirates DVDs](http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993142).