THE “ANTI-CIRCUMVENTION” provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, codified in �1201 of the Copyright Act, were enacted in 1998 and were intended by Congress to prevent copyright “pirates” from defeating anti-piracy safeguards used for copyrighted works and to prohibit distribution of tools and technologies used for circumvention.
Although this goal may seem laudable, in a report published in May, entitled “Unintended Consequences: Three Years Under the DMCA,” the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) states that “the anti-circumvention provisions [in � 1201] have been used to stifle a wide array of legitimate activities, rather than stop copyright privacy.”
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.
For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]
