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Henry Mitchell</br>
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Shaun Padden</br>
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Amir Rahim</br>
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Breese Stevens</br></br>
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'''Project Statement'''</br></br>
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'''Project Statement'''<br/>
 
We will do something related to the DMCA.<br/>
 
We will do something related to the DMCA.<br/>
Details to follow....</br></br>
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'''Some initial ideas:'''</br></br>
 
'''Some initial ideas:'''</br></br>

Revision as of 09:20, 29 October 2004

Full Text of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act of 1998
U.S. Copyright Office's Summary of the DMCA

Team Members

  • Henry Mitchell
  • Shaun Padden
  • Amir Rahim
  • Breese Stevens


Project Statement
We will do something related to the DMCA.
Details to follow....

Some initial ideas:</br></br>

  • The DMCA’s provisions for protection of works on the Internet
  • "To DVD or not to DVD" – the anti-infringement component of the DMCA
  • Section 1201 of the DMCA – the DMCA’s anti-circumvention prohibition.
    • Describing how this prohibition made copyright law controversial
    • DMCA seen as introducing new threats
    • Four major schools of thought in the DMCA copyright controversy
  • DMCA’s impact on the traditional concept of copyright’s "fair use"
  • Concerns of the DMCA’s effect on academics and research
  • Digital Rights Management (DRM) – this is backed by the DMCA
  • Historical Origins + actual statement and implication of the law
  • International guidelines/jurisdiction and how this is enforced
  • Freedom of speach or burglary tool:
  • Further amendments and future of DMCA with a predicted move to digital media