This is coming off the heals of the FCC allowing cable operators to encrypt OTA channels. so enjoy
Ars technica recently broke down the new list of DMCA excemptions being allowed by the Library of Congress and for the most part it is not pretty. More so is that it has reversed many of the trends even though alot of that falls in the good luck trying to enforce it category.
The most daming new lack of exemption applies directly to this market -
Other goodies they no longer allow for those following at home -
The full article and expected negative feedback can be found here
Ars technica recently broke down the new list of DMCA excemptions being allowed by the Library of Congress and for the most part it is not pretty. More so is that it has reversed many of the trends even though alot of that falls in the good luck trying to enforce it category.
The most daming new lack of exemption applies directly to this market -
Quote:
But the Librarian did not allow circumvention for space-shifting purposes. While public interest groups had argued that consumers should be allowed to rip a DVD in order to watch it on an iPad that lacks a built-in DVD drive, the Librarian concluded that no court has found that such "space shifting" is a fair use under copyright law.
Public Knowledge, one of the groups that had advocated the exception, argued that the Librarian's ruling "flies in the face of reality." PK's Michael Weinberg noted that this reasoning implies that "every person who has ever ripped a CD to put on her iPod is a copyright infringer. Even the RIAA has recognized that such activity is, in their words, 'perfectly lawful.'"
Public Knowledge, one of the groups that had advocated the exception, argued that the Librarian's ruling "flies in the face of reality." PK's Michael Weinberg noted that this reasoning implies that "every person who has ever ripped a CD to put on her iPod is a copyright infringer. Even the RIAA has recognized that such activity is, in their words, 'perfectly lawful.'"
Other goodies they no longer allow for those following at home -
- Phones purchased after January will require permission from your carrier to unlock, vs the requirement that they do it now if you are not on contract
- Only cell phones can be jail broken. Non-smartphones, ipods, tablets, etc be damned. THey based this on a ruling that when you purchase software you down own it only license it. But yet they believe this applies to the device. So what does that eventualy mean for any pc that comes with any software pre-installed.
The full article and expected negative feedback can be found here
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to the new DMCA changes.
