Digital Millennium Copyright Act Copyrights Intellectual Property

Digital Millennium Copyright Act Copyrights Intellectual Property

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is a United States law passed in October 2000, based upon the "WIPO Copyright Treaty" of 20 December 1996. The DMCA increases the exclusive rights granted to copyright holders. The most controversial provisions impose criminal and civil penalties for distributing methods of breaking copy protection schemes.

Top: Society: Issues: Intellectual Property: Copyrights: Digital Millennium Copyright Act

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kuro5hin: DMCA suspends free speech, another way! - Companies are now using the DMCA notice and safe harbor provisions to shut down websites that are critical of them.
Time to Rewrite the DMCA - Editorial by Representative Rick Boucher about the DMCA's threat to fair use rights. [CNet]
CNET News - Ruling Sounds Sour Note for Record Industry - A court decision hands a major setback to the RIAA's legal tactics for tracking down and suing alleged file traders.
Upstart Seeks Court OK for DVD Copying - "In a pre-emptive strike to stave off the wrath of the movie industry, a small software company is asking a federal judge for permission to sell and market its product for copying DVDs." By Lisa M. Bowman. [CNet]
Red Hat Fights the DMCA - "Red Hat has struck a small blow against the DMCA, by publishing a security patch which can only be explained fully to people who are not within US jurisdiction." By John Lettice. [Register USA]
New Anti-Circumvention Rulemaking Coming Soon - "Copyright regulators are considering a rare public comment process on the controversial DMCA law." News and reader discussion. [Slashdot]
Yahoo Groups: DMCA-Minnesota - Minnesota-based organization to free Americans from fear of prosecution under the DMCA.
Security Warning Draws DMCA Threat - "Hewlett Packard has found a new club to use to pound researchers who unearth flaws in the company's software: the Digital Millennium Copyright Act." By Declan McCullagh. [CNET]
Linux.com: Does this article violate the DMCA? - Editorial by Grant Gross about how the RIAA's attempt to suppress Professor Felten's SDMI paper uses the DMCA to erode free speech.
321 Studios Plays It Safe Against the DMCA - "CNet reports on a request by 321 Studios to have it legally declared that their DVD Copy Plus software doesn't violate the DCMA." Reader discussion. [Slashdot]
Wired: Dutch Cryptographer Cries Foul - "A Dutch cryptography expert blasted as "horrific" the ambiguous legal reach of the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which he feels bars him from publishing his work, even in the Netherlands." By Steve Kettmann.
The Register - Congress Reps Launch Fightback on DRM Rights Erosion - Two US Congress representatives are this week raising the standard of rebellion against the entertainment business' use of Digital Rights Management and the DMCA to erode consumer rights.
U.S. Copyright Office - CARP and Licensing Information - Documents from the Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel proceedings in Acrobat format.
Salon: No free speech for animal rights Web sites - A British medical research firm hammers its online opponents, courtesy of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. By Katharine Mieszkowski.
Should the DMCA Prevail - Analysis of the constitutionality of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Master's thesis by Sergey G. Zaytsev.
Wired: Copyright Clash Shutters Speech - The law enacted to ensure the protection of intellectual property in the Internet age is being called on in several court battles with free speech advocates. By Brad King.
Salon - Replay It Again, Sam - Effects and reactions from Microsoft selling a new computer that will make trading TV shows as easy as using Napster.
What Colleges and Universities Need to Know about the Digital Millennium Copyright Act - A practitioner's journal from 1999 which includes useful information relevant to the DMCA for colleges and/or universities.
CNet - Apple: Burn DVDs--and We'll Burn You - Article on Apple using the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to prevent its customers from burning DVDs on external drives using iDVD software.
Anti-DMCA Website, The - Information about free speech, the DMCA and you. News, mailing list, cases, quotes, and links.
Illegal Art - Online exhibition exploring the impact of copyright law on free expression.
Poorly laid plans go astray - Calls for the repeal of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Big corporations wield the DMCA as a legal threat. The law is tilted so that a defense would likely be ruinous. [The Japan Times]
On Trial: Digital Copyright Law - "The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit on Thursday in an attempt to overturn key portions of a controversial 1998 copyright law." By Declan McCullagh. [CNet]
Slashdot: US Copyright Office Releases DMCA Advisory Report - The US Copyright Office's congressionally-mandated advisory report on the effect of the DMCA is in, and at first glance it doesn't look too good.
Salon: Fingered by the movie cops - Under today's copyright laws, you are guilty until proven innocent. I know -- it happened to me. By Amita Guha.
DMCA Protection at U.S. Border - "U.S. Customs officials have blocked shipments from one of the largest online video game retailers, hoping to stop the import of products that may run afoul of federal copyright protections." By Brad King. [Wired]
Telepolis: The Internet Backlash - With a mixture of technological fixes and legal pressures, large institutions are trying extend copyright protection in order to regain control over the flows of information. By Felix Stalder.
The Register - Tech Giants Back Fair Use Bills - The IT industry's giants including Intel rally behind a bill announced by Congressman Rick Boucher to protect Fair Use in the wake of the DMCA.
Register: Linux Update Withholds Security Information on DMCA Terror - "Citing a controversial U.S. copyright law, a top Linux developer announced this week that Americans would not be given details about the security fixes in an update to the open source operating system, a first for a software development community th

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