The DMCA is being used to silence researchers, computer scientists and critics.
Corporations are using it against the public. Public/College radio stations can no longer afford to webcast.
NPR: A Look Inside Hollywood's Ratings System
From NPR: Filmmaker Kirby Dick's new documentary, This Film is Not Yet Rated, peers into the secretive world of the Motion Picture Association of America's film ratings system. MPAA board members are anonymous, deliberations are private, and standards are seemingly arbitrary.
Internetmovies vs. MPAA to Supreme Court for Abusing DMCA, Declaring it Unconstitutional
Michael Jay Rossi, President of InternetMovies.com Inc., will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review his case "Rossi vs. Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)" for the wrongful shutdown of his Website in 2001. The Ninth Circuit Court ruled that good faith belief under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is subjective and not objective.
The MPAA stated, under penalty of perjury, that in 2001 www.InternetMovies.com made available for illegal download the third installment of "The Lord of the Rings," which was not actually finished until 2003. The MPAA issued a cease and desist order to InternetMovies.com's ISP to shut down the site.
DVD-Jon wins new legal victory
Norway's most famous computer whiz got an early Christmas present on Monday.
An appeals court in Oslo upheld Jon Lech Johansen's earlier acquittal on all
counts of alleged copyright violations. A verdict in the case, which has caught international attention, wasn't
expected until early January. But the appeals court (Borgarting
lagmannsrett) apparently didn't see any need to wait with its decision.
Share 'True Crime,' do the time
The MPAA is apparently, suing the pants off of teenagers RIAA-style
isn't good enough, they want to go ahead and throw you in jail. To that
end, their senators will introduce the Artists' Rights and Theft
Prevention Act today; which carries with it a maximum sentence of 3 years
in prison and a $250,000 fine. Here's the best part: you don't have to
infringe on copyright to be found guilty!
