| Directory > Society > Issues > Intellectual Property > Copyrights > Digital Millennium Copyright Act 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]
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/27636.html
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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.
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/12/09/pvr/
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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.
http://news.com.com/2009-1027_3-5130153.html?tag=st_lh
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Legal Protection Turns Service Providers Into Speech Police
Free speech advocates say that the DMCA is an invitation to abuse by powerful copyright holders.
[Associated Press]
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/3200100.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp
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The DMCA and You
Discusses several DMCA case studies and effects on computers, encryption, DVD decoding, ptv's
(Tivo, Replay), satellite television and video games.
http://www.dmcaandyou.com
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Association of Research Libraries - Satellite Teleconference
Teleconference "Copyright in the New Millennium" describes the copyright laws, and
discusses the implications for libraries, archives, and educational institutions as they attempt to
comply.
http://www.arl.org/dmca/video.html
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U.S. Copyright Office - CARP and Licensing Information
Documents from the Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel proceedings in Acrobat format.
http://www.loc.gov/copyright/carp/
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Should the DMCA Prevail
Analysis of the constitutionality of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Master's thesis by
Sergey G. Zaytsev.
http://serg.us/paper/dmca_thesis.htm
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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]
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nc20030313tr.htm
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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]
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/12/0016258
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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]
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-946266.html
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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.
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-955805.html
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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]
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-947325.html
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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]
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-889455.html
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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]
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/04/23/1944249
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DMCA Protects AOL From Harlan Ellison Lawsuit
"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]
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175282.html
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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]
http://www.wired.com/news/games/0,2101,50450,00.html
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Time to Rewrite the DMCA
Editorial by Representative Rick Boucher about the DMCA's threat to fair use rights. [CNet]
http://news.com.com/2010-1078-825335.html
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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.
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,46091,00.html
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Register: Linux Update Withholds Security Info 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 that prides itself on
transparency." By Kevin Poulsen.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/22536.html
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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.
http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/html/cem9913.html
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Digital Future Coalition: DMCA
Timeline for the DMCA from July 1997 - October 1998.
http://www.dfc.org/dfc1/Active_Issues/graphic/DMCA_index.html
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Open Law
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.
http://eon.law.harvard.edu/openlaw/
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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.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/08/30/1312257
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ZDNet: Security experts protest copyright act
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.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5096701,00.html
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Yahoo Groups: DMCA-Minnesota
Minnesota-based organization to free Americans from fear of prosecution under the DMCA.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DMCA-minnesota
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MacOPINION: A Copyright Fable
Short fiction about a DMCA future by Marc Zeedar.
http://www.macopinion.com/columns/tangible/01/08/30/
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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.
http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/08/31/dmca_animals/
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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.
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2001/9/1/144632/2881
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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.
http://www.heise.de/tp/english/inhalt/te/9409/1.html
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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.
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/08/23/pirate/
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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.
http://www.wired.com/news/mp3/0,1285,43475,00.html
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NewsForge: 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.
http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/08/17/207208&mode=thread
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EFF "Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)" Archive
Legal documents, releases, and information regarding the DMCA.
http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/
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Anti-DMCA Website, The
Information about free speech, the DMCA and you. News, mailing list, cases, quotes, and links.
http://www.anti-dmca.org/
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