As a result, the DMCA has become a serious threat to several important public policy priorities: The DMCA Chills Free Expression and Scientific Research.Įxperience with section 1201 demonstrates that it is being used to stifle free speech and scientific research. In practice, the anti-circumvention provisions have been used to stifle a wide array of legitimate activities. The law was ostensibly intended to stop copyright infringers from defeating anti-piracy protections added to copyrighted works.
The “anti-circumvention” provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”), codified in section 1201 of the Copyright Act, have not been used as Congress envisioned. The latest version can always be obtained at 1. It is updated from time to time as additional cases come to light. This document collects reported cases where the anti-circumvention provisions of the DMCA have been invoked not against “pirates,” but against consumers, scientists, and legitimate competitors. Please visit the archive for the most recent version. This is an old and outdated copy of Unintended Consequences.
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