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DMCA axes sites discussing Mac OS for PCs

February 17, 2006 Two water-cooler sites for hackers are down this morning, and one of them has credited the DMCA with the outage. TAGS: DMCA, Intel x86, Apple Mac OS, forum, Apple Macintosh, Apple Computer, hacker, Apple Mac OS X, Intel, operating system, PC

DMCA dismissed from tape backup lawsuit

July 20, 2006 Court rules a consulting firm did not violate the DMCA when performing maintenance on StorageTek tape backup systems. TAGS: tape backup, StorageTek, DMCA, consulting company, consulting

Ruling on refilled printer cartridges touches DMCA

October 26, 2004 Defendant says powerhouse printer firm is invoking Digital Millennium Copyright Act to force consumers to buy its cartridges. TAGS: DMCA, Lexmark, cartridge, printer, copyright law, U.S.

DMCA complaint against YouTube dropped

January 15, 2007 Husband of 'Second Life' figure says complaint regarding a video on the video-sharing site was not a copyright issue. TAGS: Ailin Graef, DMCA, Guntram Graef, Second Life, YouTube, complaint, terms of service, claim, video, Google Inc.

Jury convicts man in DMCA case

September 23, 2003 A Florida man who sold cards to get free access to DirecTV is found guilty of breaking the Digital Millennium Copyright Act--the first jury-trial conviction, a U.S. attorney's office says. TAGS: DMCA, conviction, DirecTV, jury, attorney, Los Angeles, count, office, hacking, Florida, e-book, law, satellite, U.S., card, security

Apple, others draw legal threat over media players

May 11, 2007 California company accuses Apple, Microsoft, Real and Adobe of violating copyright law by "actively avoiding" its products. TAGS: DMCA, digital radio, Apple Computer, letter, Adobe Systems Inc., copyright law, RealNetworks Inc., media player, measure, law, digital audio, intellectual property, work, California, e-mail, Microsoft Corp.

Federal court broadens DMCA safe harbors

July 22, 2004 Order in porn case carves out wider copyright protections for Net businesses. TAGS: DMCA, harbor, online service provider, violation, Web hosting, lawyer, Internet company, service provider, payment, protection, professor, order, attorney

Can video iPod lead to DMCA reform?

January 23, 2006 The Digital Millennium Copyright Act needs some serious repairs. CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh wonders whether the video iPod will do the trick. TAGS: DMCA, Apple video iPod, lobbyist, Democrat, Rep., bill, DVD, law, Apple Computer, Apple iPod, Apple iTunes, researcher, entertainment, video

Lyrics sites out of tune with copyrights

August 17, 2007 Many sites provide the words to favorite and not-so-favorite songs. But some of the people who wrote those tunes aren't too pleased about it. TAGS: lyric, music publisher, DMCA, holder, Google Inc., tune, song, Internet Service Provider, U.S.

Congress mulls revisions to DMCA

May 13, 2004 Legislators take a step toward revising the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which has attracted extensive criticism over the past six years. TAGS: DMCA, subcommittee, digital media, DVD, copy

Court doesn't extend database protection

February 26, 2004 A federal judge says a company's downloading of a database from a rival's Web site did not violate the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, but it may have violated another law. TAGS: DMCA, database, law

Taking on the DMCA

November 3, 2003 Hollywood says 321 Studios is a dangerous software pirate. CEO Rob Semaan begs to differ. This dispute may be headed for the Supreme Court. TAGS: DMCA, evidence, copy protection, DVD, backup, Hollywood, CEO

TorrentSpy shuts down in the U.S.

August 27, 2007 Under siege by Hollywood, the company bars American residents from the site. TAGS: DMCA, search engine, U.S., decision

Google denies Viacom copyright charges

May 1, 2007 Search giant says it is protected by the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act and says Viacom suit threatens video-sharing sites. TAGS: Viacom Inc., DMCA, YouTube, Google Inc., lawsuit, owner, knowledge, entertainment, California, video

Putting the DMCA on trial

June 20, 2005 CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh says the Digital Millennium Copyright Act will be put to the test in an important case opening Monday. TAGS: DMCA, Blizzard Entertainment, reverse engineering, Grokster Ltd., law, difficulty, professor, games, server

Judge shuts garage opener copyright suit

November 14, 2003 In a far-flung test of the DMCA, an Illinois federal court dismisses a garage door opener manufacturer's claim that a rival's replacement product violated copyright law. TAGS: DMCA, Lexmark, copyright law, Judge, Illinois, critic, rival, lawyer, law, decision

In DMCA war, a fight over privacy

September 18, 2003 As the U.S. Senate explores the issue of privacy in the DMCA's subpoena process, one senator introduces a bill to repeal that section of the copyright law. TAGS: DMCA, Sam Brownback, RIAA, senator, piracy, Verizon Communications, P2P, law, privacy, section, Washington, chairman, member

Google pulls links to Kazaa imitator

September 2, 2003 In response to a legal threat that invoked the DMCA, Google removes from its index eight sites that distribute a hacked version of the file-swapping software. TAGS: Kazaa, Sharman Networks Ltd., Kazaa Lite, DMCA, RIAA, file-swapping, complaint, Google Inc., threat, response

Rethinking the DMCA

April 8, 2005 At its inception, many people called it a lousy law. CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says that proved to be too charitable an appraisal. TAGS: DMCA, Sybase Inc., ElcomSoft, law, flaw, Adobe Systems Inc., HP, researcher, security
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