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The Dmca And The Regulation Of Scientific Research, Joseph Liu
The Dmca And The Regulation Of Scientific Research, Joseph Liu
Joseph P. Liu
This Article analyzes the impact of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) on academic encryption research. In this Article, I argue that for both legal and practical reasons academic encryption researchers should be able to conduct and publish certain types of research without significant fear of liability under the DMCA. However, the DMCA will have a non-trivial impact on the conditions under which such research takes place, and this impact can be expected to have several undesirable effects. More broadly, this impact highlights the problematic way in which the DMCA regulates scientific research in furtherance of intellectual property rights. The …
What Federal Gun Control Can Teach Us About The Dmca's Anti-Trafficking Provisions, Alfred C. Yen
What Federal Gun Control Can Teach Us About The Dmca's Anti-Trafficking Provisions, Alfred C. Yen
Alfred C. Yen
This article studies the so-called "anti-trafficking provisions" of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") by drawing insight from federal gun control. Among other things, the anti-trafficking provisions criminalize the distribution of technology that circumvents the encryption schemes sometimes used to protect digital files. This prohibition even applies to the sale of circumvention technology for lawful purposes. Not surprisingly, this result has generated controversy. Consumer advocates and civil libertarians have argued that it is wrong to criminalize the sale of technology that has lawful use, particularly when that criminalization makes it difficult - if not impossible - for the public to …
Ucita, Copyright, And Capture, Deborah S. Tussey
Ucita, Copyright, And Capture, Deborah S. Tussey
Deborah S. Tussey
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Beyond Blue Gene: Intellectual Property And Bioinformatics, Matthew Rimmer
Beyond Blue Gene: Intellectual Property And Bioinformatics, Matthew Rimmer
Matthew Rimmer