DMCA Archive
DMCA Archive
- Blizzard v. BNetD
- Felten v. RIAA - a case in which Princeton academics are suing the RIAA, SDMI, Verance, and the U.S. government over abuse of the questionably constitutional Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to silence research that could impinge upon the entertainment industry's desires to protect its intellectual property at all costs.
- Macrovision v. 321 Studios
- MGM v. 321 Studios
- Paramount v. Tritton - Case by MPAA companies against makers of DVD copy software.
- US v. Sklyarov - Directory of information on U.S. v. Sklyarov, a.k.a. US v. Elcomsoft. The FBI arrested, in Las Vegas, Nevada, and the U.S. Department of Justice (United States Attorney's Office, Northern District of California) has filed, in a Federal District Court, a criminal complaint against Dmitry Sklyarov. Sklyarov is accused of violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) "anticircuvention" provisions, for making and releasing software that can decode the weak encryption on Adobe Acrobat eBook files. Sklyarov, a Russian citizen visiting the US, wrote the software (Advanced eBook Processor or AEBPR) in his native country, but allegedly distributed some copies at a computer conference in Las Vegas, where he was arrested. Sklyarov states that his software enables fair use (e.g. by enabling the blind to use his software's text-to-speech feature, which Adobe's own commercial eBook softare can't do), and is not a piracy tool. The case also names Sklyarov's employer, the Russian software company Elcomsoft.
- MPAA DVD cases - Motion Picture Association of America members (major movie studios) and their lawsuits against a variety of parties making the DeCSS DVD encryption decoder available for download (software that enables legally-owed Digital Versatile Disc audiovisual content to be played on the open-source Linux operating system). The MPAA members make incredible claims of illegal circumvention of copy protection measures (weak DVD encryption that was reverse engineered in the creation of DeCSS), basing these claims on unconstitutional provisions of the 1999 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). See also the related DVD CCA case, above.
- Lexmark v. Static Control - Lexmark's DMCA case against Static Control, aimed at eliminating aftermarket laser printer toner cartridges.
- Chamberlain v. Skylink - A case in which Chamberlain Group - which holds a rather broad patent for "A Coding System for Multiple Transmitters and a Single Receiver for a Garage Door Opener" - contended that the small Canadian company Skylink was violating the DMCA by selling remote control devices that work with Chamberlain garage door openers.
- Tecmo, Inc. v. Greiling (Ninjahacker) Complaint
- States - EFF state-level "Super DMCA" initiatives archive
- Copyright Office - Comments and Testimony to the Copyright Office.
- The DMCA Revisited: What's Fair [PDF 64k] June 23, 2004
- Comments [PDF 142k] Regarding New Zealand's Ministry of Development's Digital Technology Position Paper on Digital Technology and the Copyright Act of 1994
- Articles by Seth Finklestein:
- Public Knowledge letter to Mary Beth Peters [PDF 143k], complaining that the 1201 rule-making notice of inquiry set standards that are far too restrictive. Consumers Union and the American Federation of the Blind signed, as well. December 20, 2002)
- EFF comments to Librarian of Congress and U.S. Copyright Office [PDF] December 18, 2002
- Comments of Ernest Miller [PDF 483k] on behalf of LawMeme. December 18, 2002
- Electronic Frontier Foundation Supports Digital Media Bills - Legislation Balances Copyright Owner and Consumer Rights. October, 3, 2002
- Court order denying cross-motions [PDF] for summary judgment in Arista v. MP3Board.com. August 30, 2002
- EFF Action ALERT: Defend your Rights to Digital Music! House Calls For Public Participation on Fair Use & Digital Media Issues. The U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property has requested public comment on copyright digital music issues. Comments must be received by April 8, 2002. Let YOUR voice be heard on the "management" of your digital rights to music. Tell Congress it's time to put the brakes on the copyright industry's whittling away of the public's rights under copyright and the First Amendment. March 29, 2002
- EFF letter to the Senate Commerce Committe opposing the proposed strengthening of the DMCA with the "Security Systems Standards and Certification Act" (SSSCA). November 5, 2001
- Joint letter of Electronic Frontier Foundation and other organizations to Rep. Howard Coble, chair of US House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property, opposing the Copyright Office position on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which threatens libraries, science and innovation. (September 28, 2001)
- "DMCA Disappointment", Electronic Frontier Foundation op-ed by Fred von Lohmann. Last Wednesday, the U.S. Copyright Office issued a long-awaited report about the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). It was a monumental disappointment. Instead of taking a stand to protect the public from the DMCA, the Copyright Office has firmly planted its head in the sand.... (August 30, 2001)
- Electronic Frontier Foundation needs help. We are looking for diverse, real world examples of the ways in which the lives of ordinary fair users are strangled by the anticircumvention provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)... (November 21, 2000)
- EFF's post-hearing comments to the Copyright Office for the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) rulemaking proceedings. EFF requests the exemption of DVDs from Section 1201(a) of the DMCA.
- EFF's reply comments to the Copyright Office responding to the arguments advanced by corporate intellectual property holders who support the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and its anti-circumvention provisions.
- EFF's comments to the Copyright Office on the topic of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and its anti-circumvention provisions. (February 17, 2000)
- EFF action alert regarding Copyright Office request for comments from the public, on the topic of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and its anti-circumvention provisions. (March 16, 2000)
- EFF's expressed opposition to the anti-circumvention regulations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act which seems to be a backdoor attempt to outlaw encryption research and hence encryption.
- Comments of Peter Harter, V.P. of e-music.com.
- DMCA comments of the Software & Information Industry Association.
- A bit of background on the EFF position on DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act).
- Final joint version of H.R. 2281, DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act), October 20, 1998, signed into law October 28, 1998 as Public Law 105-304.
- Senate-passed substitute for House's H.R. 2281, DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act), September 17, 1998. When presented with the House-passed version of the DMCA, the Senate replaced it ("amended in nature of a substitute", as they say in Congress) the bill with their own version.
- House-passed version of H.R. 2281, DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act), August 4, 1998
- House-introduced version of H.R. 2281, as DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act), June 19, 1998. This is the first version of the DMCA per se, replacing in committee the earlier H.R. 2281, known as the WIPO Copyright Treaty Implementation Act.
- House introduced version of H.R. 2281, as WIPOCTIA (WIPO Copyright Treaty Implementation Act), July 29, 1997. This is the earliest version of what later (June 1998) became the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act).
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