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| − | [http://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf U.S. Copyright Office's Summary of the | + | [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c105:H.R.2281.ENR: Full Text of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act of 1998]<br/> |
| + | [http://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf U.S. Copyright Office's Summary of the DMCA]<br/> | ||
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| − | + | '''Team Members'''<br/> | |
| − | + | * Henry Mitchell | |
| + | * Shaun Padden | ||
| + | * Amir Rahim | ||
| + | * Breese Stevens | ||
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| + | '''Project Description'''<br/> | ||
| + | [[Student_Projects:DMCA:Description]] | ||
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| + | '''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 [http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/unintended_consequences.pdf Uninted Consequences: Five Years Under the DMCA] | ||
| + | ** 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: | ||
| + | ** The “DVD Copy Control Association v. Bunner” case of posting of the DeCSS code which cracked DVD's. | ||
| + | *** [http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-1011326.html CNET article, "Arguments made in DVD-cracking case"] | ||
| + | *** [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/openlaw/DVD/ The Openlaw/DVD forum] | ||
| + | * Further amendments and future of DMCA with a predicted move to digital media | ||
Latest revision as of 22:49, 5 November 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 Description
Student_Projects:DMCA:Description
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 Uninted Consequences: Five Years Under the DMCA
- 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:
- The “DVD Copy Control Association v. Bunner” case of posting of the DeCSS code which cracked DVD's.
- Further amendments and future of DMCA with a predicted move to digital media
