Episode 61: My Dongle Was Circumvented August 2, 2010
Library of Congress releases new DMCA anti-circumvention exemptions, 5th Circuit rules in favor of Fair Use under the DMCA’s anti-circumvention provisions, and a few major companies sued for using features in flash cookies.
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New DMCA Anti-circumvention Exemptions
Read about it on our blog.
Provisions in DMCA: 17 U.S.C. § 1201
5th Circuit, Section 1201, and MGE v. GE, No. 08-10521 (5th Cir. 2010)
Read about it on Ars Technica
Flash cookies: Valdez, et al. v. Quntcast, MySpace, Hulu, NBC, ESPN, et. al
Read about it on Ars Technica
Complaint (courtesy of Wired)
In other news, Ben and David Lu!! are traveling around the country and had to miss this week’s recording. Also, audio quality might be a little poor (some nasty background noise and a few bad audio splices while editing); apologies in advance.
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