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...DMCA] says that if you write something, even if it was not something that would usually be covered by copyright, if you put it into some computer system and the system puts conditions on access to the work, then anyone who hacks the work or tells others how to [would be] liable under the DMCA,” Edelman said...
Edelman is asking the court to rule that if he is capable of extracting the blocked list and posts it on the Internet he will not be violating copyright, trade secrets, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) or the End User License Agreement...
...these four legal mechanisms which could prevent Edelman from legally accessing the list, the way the court rules could be most significant with respect to the DMCA. The DMCA is a new piece of legislation that gives power to copyright holders and people who produce digital information...
...DMCA provides a limited exception for accessing lists of blocked websites, but Ann Beeson, who is litigation director of the ACLU’s technology and liberty program and lead counsel in the case, said this provision is not effective because another provision prohibits users from writing the software needed to access the lists...
...even Bingham admits the DMCA may have "trampled on" a very important part of copyright law: fair use. You have the right to lend or copy parts of any paper-and-glue book you own, but you can't do the same with an e-book without the express permission of the publisher. This is one reason, e-book veterans say, that the industry has been slow to take off. Reading on a screen is a hassle anyway; why put up with all the extra legal barriers...