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Somewhat related but lost in the cheering from the photographers is that this law also now makes the act of defeating DRM systems illegal (or more precisely, it
by unavoidable 14y ago
Somewhat related but lost in the cheering from the photographers is that this law also now makes the act of defeating DRM systems illegal (or more precisely, it is copyright infringement simply to get around DRMs or to distribute tools that do so).
- jonah 14y agoHopefully this [0] will be rectified via constitutional challenge. "Many experts believe that the government's decision to adopt one of the most restrictive digital lock approaches in the world - it creates potential liability without actual copyright infringement - renders the provision vulnerable to constitutional challenge." [1] [0] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4771752 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4771752 [1] http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6557/125/ http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6557/125/
- unavoidable 14y agoAlthough I would like to see that happen, I think the argument is a big stretch. The constitutional challenge depends on the assertion that there is a free-standing right to access information, even if it is privately produced. Geist and other scholars are of course in favour of this interpretation, but I don't think it has been adopted by courts anywhere yet.