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DC Circuit Court Rejects EFF’s Challenge to DMCA: Confirms Symbiotic Relationship of Copyright Law and Free Expression - AAP

Trafficking in Circumvention Technology is Akin to Selling Lock Picks to Break into Bookstores Washington, DC - This morning the DC Circuit Court of Appeals issued its decision in Matthew Green v. DOJ, rejecting the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s (“EFF”) challenge to the DMCA’s prohibitions on circumventing technological measures that protect copyrighted works (“Section 1201” of Title

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A rare copyright win for the public – but a small one, only in Canada, and possibly temporary

It is extraordinary that within the copyright world it is accepted dogma that legal protections for this intellectual monopoly should always get stronger – creating a kind of copyright ratchet. One of the manifestations of this belief was the WIPO Copyright Treaty, signed in 1996, which extended copyright in important ways. A key element was the prohibition of any […]

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https://walledculture.org/a-rare-copyright-win-for-the-public-but-a-small-one-only-in-canada-and-possibly-temporary/

'The Federal Court of Canada has issued a landmark decision (Blacklock’s Reports v. Attorney General of Canada) on copyright’s anti-circumvention rules which concludes that digital locks should not trump fair dealing. Rather, the two must co-exist in harmony, leading to an interpretation that users can still rely on fair dealing even in cases involving those digital locks.' https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2024/06/huge-win-for-copyright-user-rights-in-canada-federal-court-rules-digital-lock-rules-do-not-trump-fair-dealing/ #copyright #digitallocks #TPMs #fairdealing @mgeist
Huge Win for Copyright User Rights in Canada: Federal Court Rules Digital Lock Rules Do Not Trump Fair Dealing - Michael Geist

The Federal Court has issued a landmark decision (Blacklock’s Reports v. Attorney General of Canada) on copyright’s anti-circumvention rules which concludes that digital locks should not trump fair dealing. Rather, the two must co-exist in harmony, leading to an interpretation that users can still rely on fair dealing even in cases involving those digital locks. The decision could have enormous implications for libraries, education, and users more broadly as it seeks to restore the copyright balance in the digital world. The decision also importantly concludes that merely requiring a password does not meet the standard needed to qualify for copyright rules involving technological protection measures. If this all sounds technical, this post provides the necessary background and then reviews the decision.

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Technological protection measures - DC Circuit Evades Important Questions in Disappointing Ruling on Section 1201 of the DMCA https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/12/dc-circuit-evades-important-questions-disappointing-ruling-section-1201-dmca via @eff #copyright #TPMs #digitallocks
DC Circuit Evades Important Questions in Disappointing Ruling on Section 1201 of the DMCA

The Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit has issued a disappointing ruling in the case of Green v. DOJ. The ruling left intact a law that has stifled speech and innovation for decades and forced researchers, advocates, teachers, and tinkerers to beg for government permission to do their work. The...

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First Amendment Case Against Restrictive Copyright Law Can Proceed, Says Judge

A federal judge has ruled that litigation can go forward to determine whether Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act violates the First Amendment as applied. EFF brought this litigation on behalf of security researcher Matt Green, technologist bunnie Huang, and bunnie's company...