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Only if the DRM protects a copyrighted work, and even then only if the "protection" goes beyond protecting the software from being executed/used. (Chamberlain v. Skylink)



Root allows the user to bypass DRM such as Widevine.


The DMCA doesn't really care about what you do after. The "DRM" has to directly protect a copyrighted work. By your logic, a CFAA violation is also a DMCA violation.


But then it’s not gaining root which is the problem, it’s (as always) what you proceed to do with it.




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