In the United States, moral rights are protected at the federal level through section 106A of the U.S. Copyright Code.[1] The provision provides for the right of attribution and the…
Tag: DMCA
Out with the Old, In with the New: DMCA Exemptions Under Review
The U.S. Copyright Office is currently in the process of conducting its 6th triennial rulemaking review under 17 U.S.C. § 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”). This section allows…
Exceptions which Circumvent Logic
Effective October 28, 2012, the US now has a new list of exceptions to its digital management circumvention laws in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (hereafter “DMCA”). (more…)
RealDVD case affirms anti-piracy legislation, but where are my personal use rights?
On 11 August 2009, a U.S. District Court in California ruled that RealDVD, RealNetwork’s software that enables users to copy DVDs for personal storage on hard drives, was in violation…