Every three years, the public has an opportunity to chip away at the harm inflicted by an offshoot of copyright law that doesn’t respect traditional safeguards such as fair use. This law, Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act,… Read More ›
Tag Archive for ‘DMCA Rulemaking’
Tell Us How You Want to Modify and Repair the Devices in Your Life
Have you tried modifying, repairing, or diagnosing a product but bumped into encryption, a password requirement, or some other technological roadblock that got in the way? EFF wants your stories to help us fight for your right to get around… Read More ›
Human Rights and TPMs: Lessons from 22 Years of the U.S. DMCA
Introduction In 1998, Bill Clinton signed the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), a sweeping overhaul of U.S. copyright law notionally designed to update the system for the digital era. Though the DMCA contains many controversial sections, one of the most… Read More ›
Disabilities vs DRM: the World Cup Edition
When the Russian and Saudi teams squared off in a World Cup match on June 14, many fans were treated to an enthralling football match; but for a minority of fans with a visual disability, the match was more confusing… Read More ›
EFF Presents Cory Doctorow’s Science Fiction Story About Our Jailbreaking Petition to the Copyright Office
Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA 1201) makes it illegal to get around any sort of lock that controls access to copyrighted material. Getting exemptions to that prohibitions is a long, complicated process that often results in… Read More ›
EFF Presents Mur Lafferty’s Science Fiction Story About Our Fair Use Petition to the Copyright Office
Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA 1201) makes it illegal to get around any sort of lock that controls access to copyrighted material. Getting exemptions to that prohibitions is a long, complicated process that often results in… Read More ›
EFF Presents John Scalzi’s Science Fiction Story About Our Right to Repair Petition to the Copyright Office
Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA 1201) makes it illegal to get around any sort of lock that controls access to copyrighted material. Getting exemptions to that prohibitions is a long, complicated process that often results in… Read More ›
FanFlick Editor: an entry in the Catalog of Missing Devices from an EFF supporter
You wonderful EFF supporters keep on coming up with great new entries to our Catalog of Missing Devices, which lists fictional devices that should exist, but don’t, because to achieve their legal, legitimate goals, the manufacturer would have to break… Read More ›
Catalog of Missing Devices: Arielle
Today’s world of amazing technology owes its existence to the low cost of entry: anyone can make anything and bring it to the world to see if it catches on. From emoji to email, the web to Netflix, the permissionless… Read More ›
Catalog of Missing Devices: Artificial Pancreas Triptych 3, It’s My Pancreas
Kids are often the involuntary early adopters of controlling, abusive technology, whether that’s spying school laptops, location tracking phones apps, or teenager-repelling buzzers that emit tones that adult ears can’t hear. If you want to see your future, look at… Read More ›