http://importance.corante.com/ en-us ernest.miller@aya.yale.edu 2005-07-19T12:22:29-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/07/19/wayback_dmca_violations.php I'm a little late coming to the party, but there has been a great deal of discussion on the net of the recent lawsuit against the Internet Archive, in particular, accusing the Wayback Machine of allowing a law firm to... 6328@http://importance.corante.com/ Digital Millennium Copyright Act 2005-07-19T12:22:29-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/23/gartenberg_responds_on_ebook_drm_and_potential_dmca_violations.php A couple of days ago I wrote a post about Jupiter Research analyst and DRM-proponent Michael Gartenberg, who had grown so frustrated with Microsoft Reader's ebook DRM that he apparently circumvented the DRM, which is generally illegal under the DMCA... 6178@http://importance.corante.com/ Digital Millennium Copyright Act 2005-06-23T02:38:30-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/21/drm_proponent_fed_up_with_drm_violates_dmca.php Michael Gartenberg, Jupiter Research analyst and DRM-proponent, has grown fed up with Microsoft Reader's ebook DRM and taken his rights into his own hands (MS Reader DRM Issues Solved... Permanently).While I'm still waiting for MSFT support to help me get... 6151@http://importance.corante.com/ Digital Millennium Copyright Act 2005-06-21T17:38:09-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/21/seth_f_on_blizzard_v_bnetd_oral_argument.php Seth Finkelstein listened to the entire Blizzard v. BNETD oral argument and isn't particulary optimistic (Blizzard v Bnetd Oral Argument). I haven't listened to it myself (mostly because I feared being even more depressed). However, it is likely I would... 6144@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-06-21T11:17:15-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/20/download_the_blizzard_v_bnetd_oral_argument.php I've linked to a couple of reports on the Blizzard v. BNETD oral arguments (Report on Oral Argument in Blizzard v. BNETD Case). Now you can listen to them yourself via Joe Gratz, who has made a handy MP3 file... 6134@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-06-20T20:33:24-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/20/geist_on_canadas_new_copyright_bill.php Ubercanadiancyberlawprof Michael Geist on Canada's proposed new copyright law (Canada Introduces New Copyright Bill).There is simply no denying that the lobbying efforts of the copyright owners, particularly the music industry, have paid off as they are the big winners in... 6130@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-06-20T19:02:51-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/20/report_on_oral_argument_in_blizzard_v_bnetd_case.php Earlier today I spoke about the coming oral argument in Blizzard v. BNETD before the Eighth Circuit regarding EULA and DMCA issues (Oral Arguments in Blizzard v. BNETD). Well, we have our initial report on how it went from EFF... 6122@http://importance.corante.com/ Digital Millennium Copyright Act 2005-06-20T15:32:40-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/20/dvd_format_wars_in_the_ny_times.php The New York Times has a good report on the ongoing next-gen DVD format wars (Video Marches On, Without a Standard). Of course, if you get stuck on the losing side it will most likely be illegal under the DMCA... 6121@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-06-20T15:25:02-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/20/violating_the_dmca_to_make_home_movies.php JD Lasica continues his excerpts from Darknet: Hollywood's War Against the Digital Generation with a piece from Chapter 7 in which an executive from Intel attempts to educate a number of clueless Washington types about the difficulties with DRM (Story:... 6118@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-06-20T14:54:10-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/20/oral_arguments_in_blizzard_v_bnetd.php If there is a decision in Grokster later today, this news will probably be lost in the shuffle. That would be unfortunate. Later today, the Eighth Circuit will hear oral arguments in the case of Blizzard v. BNETD, which involves... 6107@http://importance.corante.com/ Digital Millennium Copyright Act 2005-06-20T00:19:50-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/17/ask_nicely_and_theyll_tell_you_how_to_bypass_their_drm.php Frank Field points out a very interesting statement from Sony BMG regarding the CD DRM they've begun using (Sony BMG Explaining How To Circumvent Its Own Protections?). According to a Reuters wirestory on Yahoo! News, Sony BMG is telling its... 6085@http://importance.corante.com/ Digital Millennium Copyright Act 2005-06-17T00:52:28-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/16/macrovisions_magical_drm_that_drastically_reduces_p2p_distribution.php Well, my last two posts have been about Macrovision's copy-protection, this one might as well be too. See, Macrovision Invokes DMCA for Analog Copy-Protection Technology and Mark Cuban Has Questions About the Macrovision DMCA Lawsuit. Anyway, the copy-protection scheme that... 6071@http://importance.corante.com/ Digital Millennium Copyright Act 2005-06-16T02:35:28-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/16/mark_cuban_has_questions_about_the_macrovision_dmca_lawsuit.php Mark Cuban has noted the Macrovision DMCA lawsuit and wonders what the heck it is all about (What Am I Missing Macrovision?). Apparently he doesn't read this blog, because then he would already know a lot more about the lawsuit... 6070@http://importance.corante.com/ Digital Millennium Copyright Act 2005-06-16T01:34:21-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/15/macrovision_invokes_dmca_for_analog_copyprotection_technology.php Constitutional Code reports that Macrovision is invoking the Digital Millennium Copyright Act against an analog "signal noise" reducer. This touches on the little-known 17 USC 1201(k), the "Macrovision provision" of the DMCA (Macrovision DMCA Lawsuit Targets DVD Copying Products). This... 6069@http://importance.corante.com/ Digital Millennium Copyright Act 2005-06-15T21:03:56-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/14/balance_the_broadcast_flag_with_dmca_reform.php Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA) has a provocative op-ed in C|Net News today, offering a compromise with the MPAA: they get the broadcast flag and consumers get DMCA reform (A Deal Made in Washington?).If the MPAA expects Congress to ratify a... 6049@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-06-14T13:19:35-08:00