copyrights and DVD
- From: Rod Hay <rodhay@[redacted]>
- Subject: copyrights and DVD
- Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 14:49:54 -0400
an article in today's New York Times that addresses the copyright issue.
Rod
May 2, 2001
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/02/technology/02CODE.html
Judges Weigh Copyright Suit on Unlocking DVD Shield
By AMY HARMON
A lawyer for the Web magazine 2600
urged a federal appeals court in
Manhattan yesterday to find unconstitutional a
1998 law that seeks to limit the unauthorized
copying of digitized material.
The closely watched case, which pits a
hacker Web site against eight leading movie
studios, is the first major challenge to the
Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The law is
aimed at updating copyright law for an age
when copying music, movies and books in
digital form is much easier and less expensive
than ever. The provision at issue specifically
prohibits the dissemination of devices capable
of breaking the technological wrappers
intended to prevent the copying of digital
material.
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Rod Hay
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