I'm not fully up to speed on the DMCA, but is it still illegal if the device has been manufactured by the manufacturer of the encrypted product? That is, why does the DMCA make it illegal for me to dump a cart using the DS, yet not make it illegal for the exact same hardware to play the game?
You can't dump a cart with just the DS. It requires the use of additional software which exploits the DS' decryption process to bypass the protection.
That aside, even if you could do it without the help of addition software/hardware, it would still fall under 1201a and thus be illegal.
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I am positive that if I make an analog recording of a DVD from a dvd player, while I may still be violating copyright, I have not infringed on the DMCA.