Circumvention Technology?

Below is a copy of a post from Edupage. Wonder how this fits in with the anti-circumvention technology provisions of the new law. It doesn't seem to circumvent protection, just faciliate recording.

   COURT REJECTS ATTEMPT TO BLOCK RECORDING DEVICE    Federal District Judge Audrey B. Collins of Los Angeles has denied    a request by the recording industry to stop production of a 2.4-ounce    $188 handheld recording device called Rio, which can record and play    back digital music found on the Internet. The industry is concerned    that the recorder will encourage widespread piracy, and that    manufacturers of such devices "have a moral obligation to protect    creative works." But a lawyer for Diamond Multimedia Systems, the    company that makes Rio, asks: "Are they saying no one can develop a    new technology without their permission?" (New York Times 28 Oct 98)

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S. Warwick
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