Tag Archives: DMCA

TDIF: Expression (Part 3: Financial)

This post is really a continuation of Threats to the Declaration of the Internet: Expression (Part 2: Institutional). Below is an excerpted introduction from that post and then we’ll jump right in. The past several posts here have looked at the recently released Declaration of Internet Freedom (rundown here) and threats that it faces. In the […]

April 23, 2013 – 7:47 pm | By Greg Epstein @lwThinking | Posted in Free Speech, Intellectual Property | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (2)

The Unlocking Technology Act of 2013

Today Congress introduced yet another bill to address the recent ban on cell phone unlocking, which prevents cellphone owners from using their phones on different wireless carriers. The Digital Millienlium Copyright Act (DMCA) forbids the of circumvention of digital lock,s but givae the Librarian of Congress the ability to grant exceptions every 3 years. In […]

March 9, 2013 – 12:42 pm | By Greg Epstein @lwThinking | Posted in Intellectual Property | Tagged , | Comments (0)