America's broken digital copyright law is about to be challenged in court
by Cory Doctorow in Los Angeles from Technology | The Guardian on (#1N1J4)
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is suing the US government over 'unconstitutional' use of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a lawsuit on Thursday that American copyright wonks, technologists and security researchers have been hotly awaiting for nearly 20 years.
If they succeed, one of America's most controversial technology laws will be struck down, and countries all over the world who have been pressured by the US trade representative to adopt this American rule will have to figure out whether they'll still enforce it, even after the US has given up on it.
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