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RSS dmcaApple: Jailbreaking iPhones violates copyright
News The EFF is trying to get the Copyright Office to grant a DMCA exemption on behalf of iPhone owners who have chosen to jailbreak - hack - their iPhones, or bypass the restriction Apple places on standard iPhones that only... [16 Feb 2009]
Hillary Clinton talks tech
News Would you support changing the DMCA to permit Americans to make a single backup copy of a DVD, Blu-ray Disc DVD, HD DVD, or video game disc they have legally purchased? Iraq, immigration, taxes and health care probably... [03 Jan 2008]
YouTube vs Viacom: 'It's about free speech' - Google
News YouTube, which Google acquired last year for $1.65bn in stock, is protected from charges of copyright violation under the Hosting Safe Harbor of the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), Kwun said. [01 May 2007]
'Techies must teach governments about the net'
News Online service providers such as Google which routinely grapple with complaints about copyrighted content on their properties are adequately protected now under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), but any future... [18 Oct 2006]
YouTube faces copyright claim
News YouTube is a service provider that complies with all the provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), and therefore is entitled to the full protections of the safe harbour provisions of the Act. [19 Jul 2006]
Java founder questions Sun-Microsoft link
News However, Gosling warned delegates of the threat posed by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) in the United States, specifically the ability of companies like Microsoft to use it to stop reverse-engineering. [04 Feb 2005]
Microsoft could triumph over Linux thanks to copyright law
News Ultimately, the solution to the DMCA problem will require lobbying to change the rules, Fink said; some in Congress have proposed changes to the law. Widespread use of Linux and open-source software is an inevitability... [04 Aug 2004]
Apple accuses Real over iTunes 'hacking'
News In addition, Apple said that it is investigating the implications of Real's software strategy under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and other laws. The DMCA broadly restricts the bypassing of... [30 Jul 2004]
US considers "legalising hacking" with copyright ruling
News A House of Representatives subcommittee convened on Wednesday for the first hearing devoted to a proposal to change the DMCA, a 1998 law that broadly restricts bypassing copy-protection technologies used in DVDs, a few... [13 May 2004]
Domain firm in online content rip-off scam
News I am also aware that Google has received notifications under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to remove links to such offending websites. Heller said firms hit by these rip-offs should take a screenshot of the... [11 Mar 2004]
Leader: The CD debate
Leader Such services do seem to be gaining ground and the prospect of a European DMCA - a nasty bit of legislation in the US which has left the average Joe susceptible to all kinds of heavy-handed tactics - has civil liberties... [08 Mar 2004]
Politicians finally set to vote on 'Europe's DMCA'
News The European Parliament will on Tuesday undertake its final, long-delayed vote on the controversial new directive on intellectual property rights. The directive is aimed at tackling organised criminal piracy and counterfeiting gangs. [08 Mar 2004]
'Draconian' anti-piracy heads for EU vote
News The IFPI argued at the time the directive was introduced that the proposed measures are not tough enough to hold back an "epidemic of counterfeiting", complaining that "the tools the proposal introduces to bring actions against... [20 Feb 2004]
Green light for controversial European patent law
News The IFPI argued in January that the proposed measures are not tough enough to hold back an "epidemic of counterfeiting", complaining that "the tools the proposal introduces to bring actions against infringers do not even reach the levels... [28 Nov 2003]
Vote on EU intellectual property law delayed by opponents
News The IFPI argued in January that the proposed measures are not tough enough to hold back an "epidemic of counterfeiting", complaining that "the tools the proposal introduces to bring actions against infringers do not even reach the levels... [19 Nov 2003]
