Finnish DVD copy-protection ruling overturned
AfterDawn.com reports that:
The Helsinki Court of Appeals has overturned a controversial ruling made last year, which found that CSS copy protection in use on almost all retail movie DVDs was “ineffective”. Finnish copyright law (amended in 2006 by adoption of EUCD) prohibits circumventing “effective technological measures”, but the court original found that CSS cannot be described as an “efficient copy protection mechanism” anymore.
Within days of the ruling, the prosecutor announced plans to appeal the decision and on Monday, the Appeals Court overturned the original ruling. It rejected the District Court’s judgment based on the objectives of DRM regulation.
The legislation in question is based on Articles 6 and 8 of the EU Copyright Directive (EUCD), which was implemented in UK law in 2002.
Via Techdirt.
