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Saw this over at Hackernews
The United States Copyright Office will lend its support to a "new federal law making it illegal to break the technological safeguards for books, movies and music," as part of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act . If passed, the ruling could make both reverse engineering and the duplication of any copyrighted material an illegal and punishable offense. The ruling stands to last for three years during which time its benefits/ramifications will be examined thoroughly.