On linking to DeCSS has had on the press' ability to report truthful information Issues Raised: The chilling effect the district court's ban Of America, Student Press Law Center, Wired, Pew Center on the States, Silha Centerįor Media Ethics and Law, College of Communications - CSU, Fullerton News Association, Reporters' Committee for Freedom of the Press, Newspaper Association (ACLU press release includes link to PDF file of brief).Īmicus Brief Sponsors: Journalists and publishers - Online Public's fair use rights through its banning of fair use tools. The lower court's interpretation of the DMCA broadly eliminates the Issues Raised: Dangerous First Amendment implications in districtĬourt's ban on linking and publishing information on information about DVD copy Library Association (ALA), American Research Libraries (ARL), Music Library Association Read the Amici Briefs Supporting EFF's Appeal of the Injunction Against 2600Īmicus Brief Sponsors: Libraries & public interest groups -Īmerican Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Digital Future Coalition (DFC), American Social and legal issues raised by new technological measures for protecting intellectual CAFE was launched in June 1999 to address complex Their reply brief by February 19th, and oral arguments are expected before the 2ndĮFF is defending individual rights in the DVD cases as part of our Campaign forĪudiovisual Free Expression (CAFE). Provisions be overturned on First Amendment grounds. On JanuEFF and 2600 Magazine filed their appeal brief with the 2ndĬircuit, requesting the lower court's ban be lifted and the DMCAs anti-circumvention Rights have been trampled in a variety of ways by the lower court's careless handling Of amici briefs, each targeting a specific issue and pointing out the dangers andįlaws in the lower court's ruling, presents a powerful argument that the public's As the founders of our countryĪnd Constitution recognized, free speech and fair use are critical components ofĪccording to EFF's Legal Director Cindy Cohn, "the combination of a broad alliance Library Association stated, "the lower court's decision seriously harms the public'sĪbility to make legitimate, fair use of digital works. Speaking on behalf of the nation's librarians, Miriam Nisbet of the American Protection of copyrighted works," explained the scientist who recently cracked RIAA'sĮncryption scheme for music, the Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI). Prevented me from publishing research results that could be used to strengthen the Science professor Edward Felten, stated, "the lower court's interpretation of theĭMCA would effectively shut down research in some areas of computer security, byīanning the publication of research results in those areas. That is the core issue in this case," Lessig said.Ī sponsor of the computer programmers' brief, noted Princeton University computer "The FirstĪmendment limits the scope of copyright. NYU's Yochai Benkler, explained the harm to freedom of expression posed by the lowerĬourt's broad granting of rights to the movie studios under the DMCA. Stanford Law professor Lawrence Lessig, who co-sponsored an amicusbrief with Other groupsįiling briefs with the appellate court include journalists, law professors, educators,Ĭryptographers, computer programmers and academics - all warning the appellateĬourt of the impingement upon First Amendment freedoms that result from the lowerĬourt's dangerous interpretation of the DMCA's anti-circumvention provisions and In New York barred2600 Magazine from publishing or linking to DeCSS, the computerĬode that was at the heart of a controversy the magazine was covering. The appellate court to overturn a lower court's ruling. Warning the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals of the danger to free expression posedīy the DMCA, diverse groups including the American Civil Liberties Union, Associationįor Computing Machinery Law Committee, American Library Association and others asked Information under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) last August. Today in support of the Electronic Frontier Foundation's appeal of an injunctionĪgainst 2600 Magazine, which banned the media site from publishing and linking to 26, 2001 - Eight Amici or "friend of the court" briefs were filed Diverse Groups Unite to Defend Freedom of Expression Against DMCA Diverse Groups Unite to Defend Freedom of Expression Against DMCA EFF/2600 Magazine Receive Wide Public Support in DeCSS Appeal
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