NW_Pilot wrote:

Reverse engineering for knowledge is not illegal...that I am aware of. Now
if I was, which I am not! make the data base public with A broken copy
protection included then that is a different story.


Highlights of the DMCA...


· Makes it a crime to circumvent anti-piracy measures built into
most commercial software.

Breaking that one.


· Outlaws the manufacture, sale, or distribution of
code-cracking devices used to illegally copy software.

You'll break that one if you tell us how to do it.


· Does permit the cracking of copyright protection devices,
however, to conduct encryption research, assess product
interoperability, and test computer security systems.


Doesn't cover what you are doing and I'm pretty sure you have to have
the makers permission.

· Provides exemptions from anti-circumvention provisions for
nonprofit libraries, archives, and educational institutions under
certain circumstances.

Doesn't apply to you.