As noted on Copyfight, the Cato Institute has released Circumventing Competition: The Perverse Consequences of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which takes the law to task for being anti-competitive and derides “Congressional interference in the market for digital rights management technologies.”…
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Sixth Circuit Reverses Lexmark DMCA Ruling
10/26/2004 – 4:43 pm
As reported on Copyfight, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a ruling that was in favor of Lexmark against Static Controls, a company that makes replacement ink/toner cartridges. As the EFF explains “When Static Controls reverse-engineered the authentication procedure…
No Copyrighting Garage Door Openers
9/1/2004 – 9:21 am
Good news on the copyright front! Judge Gajarsa, presiding over the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the district court summary judgment in Chamberlain v. Skylink. Ultimately, Chamberlain were trying to use copyright provisions of the DMCA to eliminate…