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Appeals court slams garage door DMCA claim
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2004-09-01

A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled that the maker of a universal garage door remote did not violate the anti-circumvention provisions of the DMCA, putting the brakes on one of the more adventuresome interpretations of the controversial copyright law.

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Appeals court slams garage door DMCA claim 2004-09-03
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According to the article, the descision also stated that "Copyright law itself authorizes the public to make certain uses of copyrighted materials. Consumers who purchase a product containing a copy of embedded software have the inherent legal right to use that copy of the software. What the law aut...

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