Search: Home Bugtraq Vulnerabilities Mailing Lists Jobs Tools Beta Programs
Garage door DMCA case dismissed
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2003-11-14

A federal judge in Illinois this week ruled that the maker of a universal garage door remote didn't violate the anti-circumvention provisions of the DMCA, in a closely watched case that offers hope to critics of the controversial copyright law.

Submit Comment Mode:
Name:
Subject:
Message:
 
  Enter the characters that appear above
 
Garage door DMCA case dismissed 2003-11-17
Anonymous
Right outcome, wrong reason.

When I first heard about this case, I had trouble figuring out how the DMCA would apply.

Then after reading some arguments, I became scared. One argument stated that the copyrighted material in digital form was the programming of the opener. OK. Access to that mate...

[ more ]  




 

Privacy Statement
Copyright 2009, SecurityFocus