The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is a United States law passed in October 2000, based upon the "WIPO Copyright Treaty" of 20 December 1996. The DMCA increases the exclusive rights granted to copyright holders. The most controversial provisions impose criminal and civil penalties for distributing methods of breaking copy protection schemes.
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- Telepolis: The Internet Backlash With a mixture of technological fixes and legal pressures, large institutions are trying extend copyright protection in order to regain control over the flows of information. By Felix Stalder.
- New Anti-Circumvention Rulemaking Coming Soon "Copyright regulators are considering a rare public comment process on the controversial DMCA law." News and reader discussion. [Slashdot]
- The Register - Tech Giants Back Fair Use Bills The IT industry's giants including Intel rally behind a bill announced by Congressman Rick Boucher to protect Fair Use in the wake of the DMCA.
- The Register - Congress Reps Launch Fightback on DRM Rights Erosion Two US Congress representatives are this week raising the standard of rebellion against the entertainment business' use of Digital Rights Management and the DMCA to erode consumer rights.
- Topix: DMCA News about the DMCA, collected from various sources on the web.
- Slashdot: US Copyright Office Releases DMCA Advisory Report The US Copyright Office's congressionally-mandated advisory report on the effect of the DMCA is in, and at first glance it doesn't look too good.
- Register: Linux Update Withholds Security Information on DMCA Terror "Citing a controversial U.S. copyright law, a top Linux developer announced this week that Americans would not be given details about the security fixes in an update to the open source operating system, a first for a software development community that prides itself on transparency." By Kevin Poulsen.
- Red Hat Fights the DMCA "Red Hat has struck a small blow against the DMCA, by publishing a security patch which can only be explained fully to people who are not within US jurisdiction." By John Lettice. [Register USA]
- CNET News - Ruling Sounds Sour Note for Record Industry A court decision hands a major setback to the RIAA's legal tactics for tracking down and suing alleged file traders.
- Upstart Seeks Court OK for DVD Copying "In a pre-emptive strike to stave off the wrath of the movie industry, a small software company is asking a federal judge for permission to sell and market its product for copying DVDs." By Lisa M. Bowman. [CNet]
- CNet - Apple: Burn DVDs--and We'll Burn You Article on Apple using the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to prevent its customers from burning DVDs on external drives using iDVD software.
- Security Warning Draws DMCA Threat "Hewlett Packard has found a new club to use to pound researchers who unearth flaws in the company's software: the Digital Millennium Copyright Act." By Declan McCullagh. [CNET]
- On Trial: Digital Copyright Law "The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit on Thursday in an attempt to overturn key portions of a controversial 1998 copyright law." By Declan McCullagh. [CNet]
- 321 Studios Plays It Safe Against the DMCA "CNet reports on a request by 321 Studios to have it legally declared that their DVD Copy Plus software doesn't violate the DCMA." Reader discussion. [Slashdot]
- What Colleges and Universities Need to Know about the Digital Millennium Copyright Act A practitioner's journal from 1999 which includes useful information relevant to the DMCA for colleges and/or universities.