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The Law Of Unintended Consequences: The Digital Millennium Copyright Act And Interoperability, Jacqueline Lipton
The Law Of Unintended Consequences: The Digital Millennium Copyright Act And Interoperability, Jacqueline Lipton
Washington and Lee Law Review
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) has been criticized for many reasons, including its impact on the fair use defense to copyright infringement, and its potential to chill the free exchange of scientific, technical, and educational information. Law professors and special interest groups have opposed elements of the DMCA from its inception and continue to lobby for reform. One of the more recent concerns about the DMCA involves the incorporation of copyrightable software code into tangible goods for purposes related to the functionality of those goods. Some manufacturers of such products recently have attempted to use the DMCA to prevent …