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I'm asking for clarification of the impact of this bill. Do you know the answers to those two questions off hand?

Zigurd 13y ago
Why would you expose such information in a way that it is protected only by a mechanism that the public has access to? It seems like you are asking if fixing the DMCA would remove protection for irresponsible behavior.
- pyre 13y ago
  IIRC, the DMCA makes it a criminal act, whereas otherwise it might only be governed by civil law. If I'm contractually obligated to only read a stock market report myself, but I show it to a friend, do I deserve jail time, or just to get sued?
msg 13y ago
How could you know the answer to a legal question offhand? Is this FUD? The point of DMCA anti-circumvention is that it makes a crime out of things that were otherwise legal, not tack on charges to things that are illegal for other reasons. FTFA: "- It amends Section 1201 to make it clear that it is completely legal to "circumvent" if there is no copyright infringement. "- It legalizes tools and services that enable circumvention as long as they are intended for non-infringing uses. "- It changes Copyright Law to specify that unlocking cell phones is not copyright infringement." Or you could read the text the bill adds to DMCA: It is not a violation of this section to use, manu- 8 facture, import, offer to the public, provide, or otherwise 9 traffic in any technology, product, service, device, compo- 10 nent, or part thereof that is primarily designed or pro- 11 duced for the purpose of facilitating noninfringing uses of 12 works protected under this title by circumventing a tech- 13 nological measure that effectively controls access to that 14 work, unless it is the intent of the person that uses, manu- 15 factures, imports, offers to the public, provides, or traffics 16 in the technology, product, service, device, component, or 17 part to infringe copyright or to facilitate the infringement 18 of a copyright.’’. emphasis added by me.

Why would you expose such information in a way that it is protected only by a mechanism that the public has access to? It seems like you are asking if fixing the DMCA would remove protection for irresponsible behavior.

pyre 13y ago
IIRC, the DMCA makes it a criminal act, whereas otherwise it might only be governed by civil law. If I'm contractually obligated to only read a stock market report myself, but I show it to a friend, do I deserve jail time, or just to get sued?

msg 13y ago

How could you know the answer to a legal question offhand? Is this FUD? The point of DMCA anti-circumvention is that it makes a crime out of things that were otherwise legal, not tack on charges to things that are illegal for other reasons. FTFA: "- It amends Section 1201 to make it clear that it is completely legal to "circumvent" if there is no copyright infringement. "- It legalizes tools and services that enable circumvention as long as they are intended for non-infringing uses. "- It changes Copyright Law to specify that unlocking cell phones is not copyright infringement." Or you could read the text the bill adds to DMCA: It is not a violation of this section to use, manu- 8 facture, import, offer to the public, provide, or otherwise 9 traffic in any technology, product, service, device, compo- 10 nent, or part thereof that is primarily designed or pro- 11 duced for the purpose of facilitating noninfringing uses of 12 works protected under this title by circumventing a tech- 13 nological measure that effectively controls access to that 14 work, unless it is the intent of the person that uses, manu- 15 factures, imports, offers to the public, provides, or traffics 16 in the technology, product, service, device, component, or 17 part to infringe copyright or to facilitate the infringement 18 of a copyright.’’. emphasis added by me.