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Denmark's law strictly prohibits the breaking of any DRM, including that found on DVDs. However, its laws also allow for fair use, such as ripping your own legally purchased DVDs for better ease of use. One citizen is tired of the conflicting laws and has sought confrontation with an anti-piracy agency with the hope of clearing up the confusion.
Henrik Andersen publicly admitted that he has ripped 100 films and 10 seasons of TV series, but they were all done using legally purchased discs for digital storage in his media server, and has sent the confession to anti-piracy group Antipiratgruppen, with request for a response by the end of the month.
The popularity of the Internet and new digital technologies such as DVDs created panic through those who failed to understand the massive changes that were happening, including many in the movie industry and the politicians that they lobbied. The "digital panic" was born, and many countries adopted laws that prohibited the breaking or even the attempted breaking of any and all DRM measure, in many cases regardless of whether the DRM was sufficiently strong or not. Yet, there is no requirement for any actual crime to be committed in order for someone to get into trouble for breaking DRM. The act of breaking DRM is seen as the crime, even if no damage is done to anyone (or anything). And this is where Henrik finds himself, not hurting anyone's commercial interest (and actually helping the movie studios by being such a movie/TV fan and buying so many movies), and yet, technically he's on the wrong side of the law.
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Henrik Andersen publicly admitted that he has ripped 100 films and 10 seasons of TV series, but they were all done using legally purchased discs for digital storage in his media server, and has sent the confession to anti-piracy group Antipiratgruppen, with request for a response by the end of the month.
The popularity of the Internet and new digital technologies such as DVDs created panic through those who failed to understand the massive changes that were happening, including many in the movie industry and the politicians that they lobbied. The "digital panic" was born, and many countries adopted laws that prohibited the breaking or even the attempted breaking of any and all DRM measure, in many cases regardless of whether the DRM was sufficiently strong or not. Yet, there is no requirement for any actual crime to be committed in order for someone to get into trouble for breaking DRM. The act of breaking DRM is seen as the crime, even if no damage is done to anyone (or anything). And this is where Henrik finds himself, not hurting anyone's commercial interest (and actually helping the movie studios by being such a movie/TV fan and buying so many movies), and yet, technically he's on the wrong side of the law.
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Henrik's website:
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