Yeah.. I don't know all the loop holes, or when you can, when you can't, what you can/can't do.. etc. I have just spent quite a while looking online trying to figure out whether it's *actually* illegal to make a personal backup copy of a DVD that I own. The answer seems to be... "It's legal till you go to court for it".

The whole DRM/DMCA thing is kind of a joke, IMHO.

And yes... everything I've said is very US specific... since the US seems to be the most anal, ridiculous country ever with regards to computer laws.