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In a "Life imitates art" move, Finland has ruled that the DMCA-like laws that state that it is only illegal to bypass copy-protection measures where the protection does its job: According to both Finnish copyright law and the underlying directive, only such protection measure is effective, “which achieves the protection objective.”

So, as I read it. . . It's illegal to bypass effective copy-protection. But that protection is only considered "effective" if it achieves the goal of preventing copying. So if you work out how to bypass it, it's no longer effective and therefore no longer illegal to bypass. Ergo the DMCA-equivalent in Finland has just been neutered.

Try as I might I can't read this any other way. Innit marvellous? :o)