No, you're interpreting "speedbump" too literally. Cracking CSS to access DVD content is still illegal in the US, because it serves as an additional step that you do in order to perform the access. That's the meaning I was going for, that it's a nuisance, something that gets in the way.
This is in contrast with my PS1/PS2 example, where a PC disc drive reads the disc as normal, and you access all the content needed from it as normal. The DRM scheme doesn't participate in the interaction whatsoever, it's inert (hence, ineffective).
According to what I've learned from gpt4o and the legal texts anyways (not a lawyer).
This is in contrast with my PS1/PS2 example, where a PC disc drive reads the disc as normal, and you access all the content needed from it as normal. The DRM scheme doesn't participate in the interaction whatsoever, it's inert (hence, ineffective).
According to what I've learned from gpt4o and the legal texts anyways (not a lawyer).