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Is the DMCA Unconstitutional After Eldred v. Reno, Part II

In an earlier post, I explained why the Supreme Court's decision in Eldred v. Reno placed the constitutionality of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act in doubt. Guy Pessach, one of the fellows at my center, the Information Society Project, has offered yet another reason why the DMCA is unconstitutional. Eldred assumes that Congress can extend the length of copyrights, as long as Congress does not try to create copyrights of indefinite or perpetual duration. In this sense, Eldred still holds that Congressional power is limited. However, the DMCA has no time limit. It makes it a crime to interfere with copyright management schemes even after the material protected passes into the public domain. If Congress has power to pass the DMCA, it is not under the Copyright Clause.

We can take Guy's argument one step further. The first amendment objection to the DMCA is that by restricting access to fair use, Congress has created a new property right that allows copyright owners to do an end run around fair use, effectively shrinking the public domain. In addition it extends that property right to prohibit the use and dissemination of technologies that would protect fair use and vindicate fair use rights. In like fashion, one can also argue that the DMCA creates new property rights that allows people the right to do an end run around the limited times requirement. Because this “alters the traditional contours of copyright protection,” it violates the First Amendment, even though Congress would be perfectly free under Eldred to extend the copyright term by a specific and determinate amount.

Posted 2:45 PM by JB [link]

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RS Gold World Of Warcraft Gold:Moreover it provides that home right to prevent the use and distribution of technological innovation that would safeguard reasonable use and vindicate reasonable use rights.
In like style, one can also dispute that the DMCA makes new home rights that allows people the right to do an end run around the restricted times condition.

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