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  | Calendar: Art law workshop for digital artists Found at 3/12/2010 via www.fwbusinesspress.com
Members of the local arts community who create, display or distribute art on the Internet are invited to learn more about the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) at an upcoming free workshop sponsored by the Center for Law and Intellectual Property at Texas Wesleyan University School of Law (CLIP) and the Arts Council of Fort Worth and Tarrant County. More...
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| European Parliament Opposes ACTA, Votes Wednesday Found at 3/9/2010 via osnews.com
We have some very, very good news for Europeans (which happens to include myself): we have the European Parliament on our sides when it comes to battling ACTA. If you may recall, ACTA is basically an attempt by the US to impose upon the rest of the world draconian measures like three strikes laws and the DMCA. All parties within the European Parliament have together put forth a resolution that ... More...
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| DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google Found at 3/8/2010 via 
DMCA Notices: DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google;
From: Renoir To: Google, Inc.
Date: 2010-02-07 More...
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| By Mel Beckman, InfoWorld Found at 3/8/2010 via 
Performance issues aside, Apple has registered its formal opposition to jailbreaking under the cloak of copyright, claiming the act is illegal under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). This claim has been disputed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and open source Web browser developer Mozilla, which has called Apple?s restrictions both harmful to innovation and an improper ... More...
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| NSFW: Hey, America! Our draconian copyright law could kick your draconian copyright law?s ass Found at 3/7/2010 via techcrunch.com
I've always had mixed feelings about the DMCA . On the one hand, as an author, I like that it gives me a way to stop illegal copies of my work being distributed in the US, so ensuring that I can continue to make a living without having to get a proper job. On the other hand, as an occasional journalist, I hate that it can also be used by trigger-happy lawyers to prevent certain embarrassing ... More...
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| Government could block copyright infringing websites Found at 3/5/2010 via rss.feedsportal.com
Digital Economy Bill amendment adds DMCA style barring The government has amended the Digital Economy Bill to give High Court judges the power to block any website with a "substantial" amount of copyright infringing content, such as YouTube. More...
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| DMCA Muscle Kills DVD Copying, for Real Found at 3/5/2010 via feeds.wired.com
RealNetworks is abandoning its litigation that was seeking the right to market DVD-copying software and hardware. Anyone awaiting a legitimate method to duplicate DVDs for personal use will probably have to continue waiting, perhaps forever. More...
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| DMCA Muscle Kills DVD Copying, for Real Found at 3/4/2010 via feeds.wired.com
RealNetworks is abandoning its litigation that was seeking the right to market DVD-copying software and hardware. Anyone awaiting a legitimate method to duplicate DVDs for personal use will probably have to continue waiting, perhaps forever. More...
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| DMCA Muscle Kills DVD Copying, for Real Found at 3/4/2010 via feeds.malaysianews.net
violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998. The act, which the Hollywood studios strongly lobbied for, prohibits the circumvention of encryption technology. DVDs are encrypted with wha... More...
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| DMCA Muscle Kills DVD Copying, for Real Found at 3/4/2010 via www.wired.com
RealNetworks is abandoning its litigation that was seeking the right to market DVD-copying software and hardware. Anyone awaiting a legitimate method to duplicate DVDs for personal use will probably have to continue waiting, perhaps forever. More...
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| The Weakest Link Redux Found at 3/4/2010 via
We often criticize DMCA takedown abuse here at EFF, but last week's Cryptome snafu highlights another facet of the problem: how a DMCA takedown for one item can result in the removal of lots of lawful material. More...
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| EFF: Unintended Consequences - Twelve Years Under the DMCA Found at 3/4/2010 via linuxtoday.com
LWN.net: "Twelve years after the passage of the controversial Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), the law continues to stymie fair use, free speech, scientific research, and legitimate competition." More...
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| Unintended Consequences: 12 Years Under the DMCA Found at 3/3/2010 via
EFF today released Unintended Consequences: 12 Years Under the DMCA . This is the sixth update to the report, which aims to catalog all the reported instances where the DMCA's ban on tampering with DRM have been abused to stymie fair use, free speech, and competition, rather than to attack "piracy." More...
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| Unintended Consequences: Twelve Years Under the DMCA Found at 3/3/2010 via
San Francisco - Twelve years after the passage of the controversial Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), the law continues to stymie fair use, free speech, scientific research, and legitimate competition. More...
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| LibDems back copyright takedowns Found at 3/3/2010 via go.theregister.com
Last minute amendment spooks ISPs Mandybill The LibDems shadow culture minister in the Lords has tabled an amendment allowing the Courts to grant injunctions against ISPs - blocking off sections of the internet found to host infringing material. It's similar to the DMCA-style proposal punted by the BPI in the new year, which we exclusively revealed .? The power of collaboration within unified ... More...
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