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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 oven door DMCA claim 2004-09-09
Anti-Whine
What's next? Should universal remotes be banned? I mean picture this:

You and a Julia Childs rerun are working together on a fab cake and right at an important juncture I flip the channel from across the street and down the cake goes. You're out some coin. Ya takin' me to court DMCA style ...

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