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DMCA Case Verdict: Not Guilty
News This is sort of the first dent in the DMCA," Burton said. The case against ElcomSoft is considered a crucial test of the criminal provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), a controversial law designed to extend copyright...
[December 18, 2002, 8:08]
HP Backs Down On DMCA Warning
News HP's dramatic warning appears to have been the first time the DMCA was invoked to stifle research related to computer security. In a statement released late on Thursday, HP emphasised that it would not use a controversial copyright law, the Digital...
[August 2, 2002, 7:45]
HP Criticises Printer Ink Rival For DMCA Suit
News The DMCA was put in place (to protect) things like movies, music and software applications. Jotwani said HP will protect its intellectual property rights if companies infringe on them, but the DMCA is not the right weapon to use.
[February 6, 2003, 9:52]
US Congress Readies 'super-DMCA'
Talkback Non US governments and companies should think twice about using US (embedded) software that agrees with the terms of the proposed 'super-DMCA'. There's a high risk of ending up with software that has huge black-boxes inside (parts you can't even...
[April 26, 2006, 2:07]
Group Warns Of Europe's 'DMCA On Steroids'
News The groups argue that the proposed IP Enforcement Directive, is a "DMCA on steroids" that would hand broad anti-competitive powers to large foreign companies, limit competition, and erode the traditional rights of consumers to use the products...
[August 11, 2003, 16:45]
Students Defy DMCA To Post Email Online
News EFF attorneys say the case is the first time that someone who has received a "notice and takedown" request -- one of the many Diebold made, repeatedly invoking the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) -- has attempted such a pre-emptive strike...
[November 4, 2003, 8:40]
Public Get A Say On DMCA
News When enacting the DMCA in 1998, Congress ordered the Copyright Office to conduct regular reviews of one portion of the law. The Librarian of Congress, who oversees the Copyright Office, may exempt specific groups from being covered by part of the...
[November 20, 2002, 16:03]
US Copyright Office Sides Against Lexmark In DMCA Case
News As part of a 198-page opinion released late Tuesday, the office said Lexmark's invocation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) in its lawsuit against Static Control was invalid. When enacting the DMCA in 1998, Congress ordered the...
[October 30, 2003, 8:40]
New DVD 'ripper' Pre-empts DMCA Ruling
News DVD software developer Studio 321 is preparing to launch six new applications, including an enhanced version of DVD copying software that is the subject of a US court case brought under the controversial Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
[July 9, 2003, 9:17]
US Congress Readies 'super-DMCA'
News But one of the more controversial sections may be the changes to the DMCA. A DMCA dispute A proposed copyright law seen by ZDNet UK sister site CNET News.com would expand the DMCA's restrictions on software that can bypass copy protections and...
[April 25, 2006, 15:20]
US Exports DMCA In Trade Treaty
News One chapter of the complex agreement closely mirrors the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), affirming both nations' commitment to punishing people who bypass copy-protection technologies -- such as those used in most DVDs, a relatively small...
[July 16, 2003, 14:12]
Activists Wring Four DMCA Concessions
News Some DMCA critics had asked for far more sweeping exemptions, such as the ability to break through copy or usage restrictions on DVDs and CDs in order to use the content in different devices and mediums.
[October 29, 2003, 9:30]
UK Launches 'Euro-DMCA' Debate
News The UK looks set to get its own version of the controversial Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), following the publication of proposals to implement the EU Copyright Directive into UK Law. In the US, the DMCA has received widespread criticism...
[August 12, 2002, 11:29]
Jury Decides First DMCA Conviction
News Whitehead, who was also known by his computer name "JungleMike," was convicted on one count of conspiracy, two counts of selling hardware that unlawfully decrypted the broadcasts, and three counts of violating the DMCA.
[September 24, 2003, 16:40]
Europe Heading Down DMCA Route, Warns Think Tank
News The result, FIPR says, is legislation that closely mirrors the US' controversial Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which has been employed by rights-holders to limit competition and control the way consumers use copyrighted products.
[September 16, 2003, 15:45]
Labels Battle To Hold Onto DMCA Win
News In August, the RIAA asked a federal court for an order under the DMCA compelling Verizon Communications to reveal the name of a Kazaa subscriber accused of illegally trading hundreds of songs. At issue in the RIAA's request is section 512 of the...
[February 10, 2003, 9:05]
Lexmark Invokes DMCA In Toner Suit
News This lawsuit is the latest of several recent DMCA cases -- both civil and criminal -- that have tested the limits of the 1998 copyright law, which Congress intended to limit Internet piracy. Lexmark claims that Static Control violated the DMCA by...
[January 9, 2003, 8:51]
DMCA 'doesn't Apply' To Garage-door Opener Case
News Chamberlain argued that the Skylink product's ability to tap into its doors' digital security mechanisms violated the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The case was widely viewed as an extreme example of the application of digital...
[November 17, 2003, 15:30]
Second Life Millionaire Retracts DMCA Claim
News The husband of Second Life land baroness Anshe Chung said filing a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) complaint with YouTube to delete a video of her avatar being attacked by a barrage of digital flying penises was a mistake.
[January 16, 2007, 8:30]
Apple Threatens DVD Burners With DMCA
News They alleged it violated Apple's intellectual property and the DMCA act," said Larry O'Connor, president of Other World Computing, a Macintosh dealer. The DMCA, which took effect two years ago, limits selling software that "is primarily designed or...
[August 29, 2002, 8:10]
