Monday, 4. November 2002
Topic: - on November 4, 2002 at 7:49:05 PM CET
Digital Media Consumers’ Rights Act
The Digital Media Consumers’ Rights Act (the “DMCRA”) restores the historical balance in copyright law and ensures the proper labeling of “copy-protected compact discs”.
- Restores the Historic Balance in U.S. Copyright Law
Reaffirms Fair Use. The DMCRA provides that it is not a violation of Section 1201 of Title 17 (the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, or DMCA) to circumvent a technological measure in connection with gaining access to or using a work if the circumvention does not result in an infringement of the copyright in the work. For example, under the bill a user may circumvent an access control on an electronic book he purchased for the purpose of reading it on a different electronic reader. However, if he were to upload the book onto the Internet for distribution to others, he would be liable for both a Section 1201 circumvention violation and for copyright infringement.
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