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| Started by | Rich <rich@example.invalid> |
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| First post | 2014-11-01 03:44 +0000 |
| Last post | 2014-11-01 19:25 +1100 |
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Conservancy Files Petition for DMCA Exemptions for "Smart" TVs Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-11-01 03:44 +0000
Re: Conservancy Files Petition for DMCA Exemptions for "Smart" TVs Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2014-11-01 19:25 +1100
| From | Rich <rich@example.invalid> |
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| Date | 2014-11-01 03:44 +0000 |
| Subject | Conservancy Files Petition for DMCA Exemptions for "Smart" TVs |
| Message-ID | <nlIsy1JlbyAA4a8lkO9ZV1yk@dont-email.me> |
http://sfconservancy.org/news/2014/oct/31/dmca-petition/
Software Freedom Conservancy, with the pro-bono assistance of Tor
Ekeland, P.C., filed today a petition for a proposed exception to the
anti-circumvention provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
("DMCA"). In its filing, Conservancy asks that the U.S. Copyright Office
to legally permit circumvention of encryption for firmwares found on
Smart TV products from manufacturers such as Samsung, Sony and LG.
Conservancy's full Petition for Proposed Exemption under 17 U.S.C. §
1201 is available in PDF and in ODT format.
By default, the DMCA prohibits users from examining and attempting to
decrypt firmwares on these devices when the manufacturer has used
Digital Restrictions Management ("DRM") to prohibit modification and
augmentation of the software on the device. Most of these devices
include software licensed under GPLv2, such as Linux and BusyBox, but
the DMCA often legally stymies users' ability to installed modified
versions of the firmware, even when the device manufacturer provides the
complete, corresponding source for these components and "scripts used to
control compilation and installation of the executable" (per
requirements in the GPLv2). If granted, Conservancy's requested
exemptions would liberate users of BusyBox/Linux-based encrypted
firmwares to circumvent the encryption (if they find a technically
feasible way of doing so), and such users would need not fear the harsh
penalties under DMCA for disseminating information on how to circumvent
such DRM.
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| From | Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> |
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| Date | 2014-11-01 19:25 +1100 |
| Message-ID | <cbjjniFmn60U1@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #5494 |
On 1/11/2014 2:44 PM, Rich wrote:
> http://sfconservancy.org/news/2014/oct/31/dmca-petition/
>
> Software Freedom Conservancy, with the pro-bono assistance of Tor
> Ekeland, P.C., filed today a petition for a proposed exception to the
> anti-circumvention provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
> ("DMCA"). In its filing, Conservancy asks that the U.S. Copyright Office
> to legally permit circumvention of encryption for firmwares found on
> Smart TV products from manufacturers such as Samsung, Sony and LG.
> Conservancy's full Petition for Proposed Exemption under 17 U.S.C. §
> 1201 is available in PDF and in ODT format.
>
> By default, the DMCA prohibits users from examining and attempting to
> decrypt firmwares on these devices when the manufacturer has used
> Digital Restrictions Management ("DRM") to prohibit modification and
> augmentation of the software on the device. Most of these devices
> include software licensed under GPLv2, such as Linux and BusyBox, but
> the DMCA often legally stymies users' ability to installed modified
> versions of the firmware, even when the device manufacturer provides the
> complete, corresponding source for these components and "scripts used to
> control compilation and installation of the executable" (per
> requirements in the GPLv2). If granted, Conservancy's requested
> exemptions would liberate users of BusyBox/Linux-based encrypted
> firmwares to circumvent the encryption (if they find a technically
> feasible way of doing so), and such users would need not fear the harsh
> penalties under DMCA for disseminating information on how to circumvent
> such DRM.
>
> ...
>
Or people could just disseminate such information via associates in
Australia, where the legislature did something about this abuse of DCMA
in 2006.
Sylvia.
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