http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/taxonomy/term/386/feed The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/node/5420 <p><a href="http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2007/06/05/cellphone_users_try_to_wrest_some_of_carriers_control/">Cellphone users try to wrest some of carriers control - The Boston Globe</a></p> <p><a href="http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/node/5420">read more</a></p> http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/node/5420#comment intellectual property Cell Phone Unlocking hacking Tue, 05 Jun 2007 05:31:50 -0700 Jennifer Granick 5420 at http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/node/5271 <p><strong>News</strong>: In a great article (which I'm asking for permission to post in full) by Louis Trager for <a href="http://www.warren-news.com/">Communications Daily</a>, Tracfone is claiming that I received personal favoritism from the Copyright Office. I. Received FAVORITISM. From the COPYRIGHT OFFICE! Stop laughing and keep reading.</p> <p><a href="http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/node/5271">read more</a></p> http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/node/5271#comment intellectual property Cell Phone Unlocking dmca anti-circumvention fairuse Thu, 15 Mar 2007 10:04:10 -0700 Jennifer Granick 5271 at http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/node/5005 <p>Today, the Copyright Office issued new rules allowing people to circumvent technological protection measures on their cell phones in order to be able to switch carriers and use the phone on a different network. </p> <p>Background:</p> <p>In order to control the distribution and use of their works, copyright owners are increasingly using access and copy protection schemes in their digital works. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) [at 17 USC 1201] prohibits circumvention of these mechanisms, with only a few narrow statutory exemptions. However, the Copyright Office is allowed to issue new exemptions if you can prove that the statute burdens a non-infringing use and that an exemption won't overly harm copyright interests.</p> <p><a href="http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/node/5005">read more</a></p> http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/node/5005#comment intellectual property Cell Phone Unlocking anti-circumvention Wed, 22 Nov 2006 13:16:35 -0800 Jennifer Granick 5005 at http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu