Tag Archives: dmca

Copyright Office notice of inquiry on 1201

Posted on March 4, 2016 by rtushnet

Comments I’ve seen so far: Organization for Transformative Works comment (of which I am very proud!) Public Knowledge New America’s Open Technology Institute New Media Rights Joint Libertarian Comments (R Street, FreedomWorks, and Niskanen Institute) International Documentary Association Consumers Union … Continue reading →

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Transformative work of the day, Star Wars edition

Posted on December 21, 2015 by rtushnet

The Washington Post shows how Ken Burns would recount the Intergalactic Civil War (so bonus right of publicity issue too).  Note use of clips from the films–also a DMCA 1201/exemption issue.  (You’re welcome, Washington Post!) from Blogger http://ift.tt/1YvXDAq

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Les 1201 exemptions nouvelles sont arrivees: remixers get Blu-Ray

Posted on October 27, 2015 by rtushnet

Rulemaking here.  As Jon Band says, people who got organized got much of what they asked for, albeit hemmed in by pointless restrictions, but people who weren’t aggressively represented by groups willing to spend countless hours on this process didn’t. … Continue reading →

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CFP: Intermediary liability

Posted on October 13, 2015 by rtushnet

Intermediary Liability: How to Kill Content on the Internet. Thanks to statutes like Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and even the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, intermediaries in the United States are at least theoretically shielded from liability for … Continue reading →

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DMCA doesn’t block reverse engineering of vehicle diagnosis software but TM might

Posted on October 5, 2015 by rtushnet

Ford Motor Co. v. Autel US Inc., No.14-13760 (E.D. Mich. Sept. 30, 3015)   Apart from cars and trucks, Ford sells automotive repair products. Among them is Ford’s Integrated Diagnostic System (IDS system) which diagnoses potential problems with Ford vehicles … Continue reading →

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Carry on dancing: Lenz v. Universal

Posted on September 16, 2015 by rtushnet

Lenz v. Universal Music Corp., Nos. 13-16106, 13-16107 (9th Cir. Sept. 14, 2015)   The OTW amicus brief gets a shoutout! Stephanie Lenz sued under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), alleging that Universal misrepresented in a takedown notification that her 29-second … Continue reading →

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DMCA exemption followup

Posted on June 30, 2015 by rtushnet

The OTW/EFF response to the Copyright Office’s additional questions, filed yesterday, is now available.  Of note, the Copyright Office asked us about the extent to which K-12 students and teachers were covered by the existing noncommercial exemption. from Blogger http://ift.tt/1RPqZq8

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DMCA Class 21 (vehicle software) FYI

Posted on June 5, 2015 by rtushnet

From the Copyright Office: Class 21 Witnesses, Additional written materials were submitted at the hearing for Proposed Class 21: Vehicle software – diagnosis, repair, or modification. The Copyright Office provided the opportunity to respond to these materials until the close … Continue reading →

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DMCA hearings: visually impaired/ereaders

Posted on May 29, 2015 by rtushnet

Copyright Office: Jacqueline Charlesworth Michelle Choe Regan Smith Cy Donnelly Steve Ruhe John Riley Stacy Cheney (NTIA)   In and out: this took 15 minutes.  This exemption will, I predict, be granted.   Proposed Class 9: Literary works distributed electronically … Continue reading →

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DMCA hearings: medical devices

Posted on May 29, 2015 by rtushnet

Copyright Office: Jacqueline Charlesworth Michelle Choe Regan Smith Cy Donnelly Steve Ruhe John Riley John Morris (NTIA)   Proposed Class 27: Software – networked medical devices The proposed class would allow circumvention of TPMs protecting computer programs in medical devices … Continue reading →

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