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What I always wondered about this is, unless AT&T has permission from the copyright holder of each and every Web page so modified to distribute the resulting de
by jasomill 6y ago
What I always wondered about this is, unless AT&T has permission from the copyright holder of each and every Web page so modified to distribute the resulting derivative work, how is this practice not criminal copyright infringement?
- kmeisthax 6y agoFor the same reason why ISPs are generally immunized from contributory liability that they would otherwise be completely buried in. Now, if you had written JavaScript to detect and remove these ads, and they went around that, then you might be able to construct a DMCA 1201 claim and sue the ISP for circumventing what is legally considered DRM. Yes, JavaScript can be legally protected DRM. The law doesn't say it has to be good DRM, it just has to have the effect of controlling access to a copyrighted work. And the safe harbors the DMCA provides ISPs wouldn't protect them in this case.