Harvard Berkman Center for Internet and Society. OpenLaw assisted in the DeCSS case against 2600 (NYC) from 2/2000 to present. Many of the OpenLaw participants were active in the Free Dmitry case.

"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.

Information about free speech, the DMCA and you. News, mailing list, cases, quotes, and links.

Legal documents, releases, and information regarding the DMCA.

Editorial by Grant Gross about how the RIAA's attempt to suppress Professor Felten's SDMI paper uses the DMCA to erode free speech.

The law enacted to ensure the protection of intellectual property in the Internet age is being called on in several court battles with free speech advocates. By Brad King.

Under today's copyright laws, you are guilty until proven innocent. I know -- it happened to me. By Amita Guha.

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.

Companies are now using the DMCA notice and safe harbor provisions to shut down websites that are critical of them.

Short fiction about a DMCA future by Marc Zeedar.

Minnesota-based organization to free Americans from fear of prosecution under the DMCA.

Two well-known computer security experts pulled down their works from the Internet this week for fear of being prosecuted under 1998's Digital Millennium Copyright Act. By Robert Lemos.

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.

"A Dutch cryptography expert blasted as "horrific" the ambiguous legal reach of the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which he feels bars him from publishing his work, even in the Netherlands." By Steve Kettmann.

Editorial by Representative Rick Boucher about the DMCA's threat to fair use rights. [CNet]

"U.S. Customs officials have blocked shipments from one of the largest online video game retailers, hoping to stop the import of products that may run afoul of federal copyright protections." By Brad King. [Wired]

"A federal court ruling last week suggests that copyright owners will find one of computing's oldest peer-to-peer networks, UseNet, much harder to tame than Napster." By Steven Bonisteel. [Newsbytes]

"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]

"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]

"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]

Article on Apple using the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to prevent its customers from burning DVDs on external drives using iDVD software.

"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]

"Copyright regulators are considering a rare public comment process on the controversial DMCA law." News and reader discussion. [Slashdot]

Calls for the repeal of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Big corporations wield the DMCA as a legal threat. The law is tilted so that a defense would likely be ruinous. [The Japan Times]

Analysis of the constitutionality of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Master's thesis by Sergey G. Zaytsev.

Documents from the Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel proceedings in Acrobat format.

Teleconference "Copyright in the New Millennium" describes the copyright laws, and discusses the implications for libraries, archives, and educational institutions as they attempt to comply.

Discusses several DMCA case studies and effects on computers, encryption, DVD decoding, ptv's (Tivo, Replay), satellite television and video games.

Free speech advocates say that the DMCA is an invitation to abuse by powerful copyright holders. [Associated Press]

A court decision hands a major setback to the RIAA's legal tactics for tracking down and suing alleged file traders.

Effects and reactions from Microsoft selling a new computer that will make trading TV shows as easy as using Napster.

"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]

News about the DMCA, collected from various sources on the web.

Online exhibition exploring the impact of copyright law on free expression.

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.

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.

A practitioner's journal from 1999 which includes useful information relevant to the DMCA for colleges and/or universities.

A British medical research firm hammers its online opponents, courtesy of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. By Katharine Mieszkowski.