I remember reading about the state of the law in the EU, and Germany in particular. It's all in a bit of contradictory mess, and no-one's quite sure where things actually stand. In Germany, you're quite right, there's a law against circumventing copy-protections. But then, there's another law that says you have a right to make a copy of copyrighted material for personal use. And, to mix it up a bit further, the ECJ ruled that citizens cannot be prevented from reselling software licences.
So where does that leave us?