US Copyright Office’s Proposed DMCA Fine-Tuning Could Be Bad News for Pirates
May23

US Copyright Office’s Proposed DMCA Fine-Tuning Could Be Bad News for Pirates

In 2016, the U.S. Government launched a public consultation to evaluate the impact and effectiveness of the DMCA’s Safe Harbor provisions. In response, the Copyright Office received a lot of input, including more than 92,000 comments. Various rightsholders weighed in, as expected, and so did technology companies, law scholars and civil rights groups. This week, the Copyright Office released its long-awaited report (pdf),...

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IBM and Facebook boost accessibility, Microsoft's apology, and other open source news
May23

IBM and Facebook boost accessibility, Microsoft's apology, and other open source news

In this week’s edition of our open source news roundup, we share accessibility updates from Facebook and IBM, Microsoft’s admission that it was wrong about open source, and more headlines you need to know. read...

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