- Anti-DMCA Website, The - http://www.anti-dmca.org/
Information about free speech, the DMCA and you. News, mailing list, cases, quotes, and links.
- NewsForge: Does this article violate the DMCA? - http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/08/17/207208&mode=thread
Editorial by Grant Gross about how the RIAA's attempt to suppress Professor Felten's SDMI paper uses the DMCA to erode free speech.
- Wired: Copyright Clash Shutters Speech - http://www.wired.com/news/mp3/0,1285,43475,00.html
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: Fingered by the movie cops - http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/08/23/pirate/
Under today's copyright laws, you are guilty until proven innocent. I know -- it happened to me. By Amita Guha.
- Telepolis: The Internet Backlash - http://www.heise.de/tp/english/inhalt/te/9409/1.html
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.
- Yahoo Groups: DMCA-Minnesota - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DMCA-minnesota
Minnesota-based organization to free Americans from fear of prosecution under the DMCA.
- ZDNet: Security experts protest copyright act - http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5096701,00.html
Two well-known computer security experts pulled down their works from the Internet this week for fear of being prosecuted under 1998's Digital Millennium Copyright Act. By Robert Lemos.
- Open Law - http://eon.law.harvard.edu/openlaw/
Harvard Berkman Center for Internet and Society. OpenLaw assisted in the DeCSS case against 2600 (NYC) from 2/2000 to present. Many of the OpenLaw participants were active in the Free Dmitry case.
- Register: Linux Update Withholds Security Info on DMCA Terror - http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/22536.html
"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 that prides itself on transparency." By Kevin Poulsen.
- Wired: Dutch Cryptographer Cries Foul - http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,46091,00.html
"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.
- Time to Rewrite the DMCA - http://news.com.com/2010-1078-825335.html
Editorial by Representative Rick Boucher about the DMCA's threat to fair use rights. [CNet]
- DMCA Protection at U.S. Border - http://www.wired.com/news/games/0,2101,50450,00.html
"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]
- DMCA Protects AOL From Harlan Ellison Lawsuit - http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175282.html
"A federal court ruling last week suggests that copyright owners will find one of computing's oldest peer-to-peer networks, UseNet, much harder to tame than Napster." By Steven Bonisteel. [Newsbytes]
- 321 Studios Plays It Safe Against the DMCA - http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/04/23/1944249
"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]
- Upstart Seeks Court OK for DVD Copying - http://news.com.com/2100-1023-889455.html
"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]
- Security Warning Draws DMCA Threat - http://news.com.com/2100-1023-947325.html
"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]
- CNet - Apple: Burn DVDs--and We'll Burn You - http://news.com.com/2100-1023-955805.html
Article on Apple using the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to prevent its customers from burning DVDs on external drives using iDVD software.
- On Trial: Digital Copyright Law - http://news.com.com/2100-1023-946266.html
"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]
- New Anti-Circumvention Rulemaking Coming Soon - http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/12/0016258
"Copyright regulators are considering a rare public comment process on the controversial DMCA law." News and reader discussion. [Slashdot]
- Poorly laid plans go astray - http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nc20030313tr.htm
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]
- Should the DMCA Prevail - http://serg.us/paper/dmca_thesis.htm
Analysis of the constitutionality of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Master's thesis by Sergey G. Zaytsev.
- The DMCA and You - http://www.dmcaandyou.com
Discusses several DMCA case studies and effects on computers, encryption, DVD decoding, ptv's (Tivo, Replay), satellite television and video games.
- Salon - Replay It Again, Sam - http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/12/09/pvr/
Effects and reactions from Microsoft selling a new computer that will make trading TV shows as easy as using Napster.
- Red Hat Fights the DMCA - http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/27636.html
"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]
- Topix.net: DMCA - http://rss.topix.net/rss/news/dmca.xml
News about the DMCA, collected from various sources on the web.
- Illegal Art - http://www.illegal-art.org
Online exhibition exploring the impact of copyright law on free expression.
- The Register - Tech Giants Back Fair Use Bills - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/10/03/tech_giants_back_fair_use/
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.
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