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PK to Copyright Office: Let People Rip Their Own DVDs

Today Public Knowledge asked the Copyright Office to make it legal for people to crack DVD encryption in order to copy movies and TV shows they own on DVDs onto other devices they own.  The Copyright Office can do this by granting a 3-year exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, better known as the DMCA. 

Why is This Exception Necessary?

Most people are fairly comfortable with the idea of copying copyrighted works they own from one medium to another.  This is sometimes called “space shifting” or “format shifting.”  For example, this is what you do when you rip a CD in order to create .mp3 files to transfer to your iPod. 



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Why is This Exception Necessary?

Most people are fairly comfortable with the idea of copying copyrighted works they own from one medium to another.  This is sometimes called “space shifting” or “format shifting.”  For example, this is what you do when you rip a CD in order to create .mp3 files to transfer to your iPod. 
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Today Public Knowledge asked the Copyright Office to make it legal for people to crack DVD encryption in order to copy movies and TV shows they own on DVDs onto other devices they own.  The Copyright Office can do this by granting a 3-year exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, better known as the DMCA. 

Why is This Exception Necessary?

Most people are fairly comfortable with the idea of copying copyrighted works they own from one medium to another.  This is sometimes called “space shifting” or “format shifting.”  For example, this is what you do when you rip a CD in order to create .mp3 files to transfer to your iPod. 
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Why is This Exception Necessary?

Most people are fairly comfortable with the idea of copying copyrighted works they own from one medium to another.  This is sometimes called “space shifting” or “format shifting.”  For example, this is what you do when you rip a CD in order to create .mp3 files to transfer to your iPod. 
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Public Knowledge Comments in the Copyright Office DMCA Proceeding

December 01, 2011
Click here to read a blog post explaining these comments.

Modernizing the Copyright Office, One Database at a Time

Right now the Copyright Office is in the process of overhauling how it administers part of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which has the potential to make the copyright notice-and-takedown process easier for service providers and copyright owners alike. The DMCA provides a safe harbor for online service providers that limits their liability for users’ infringement if they satisfy a number of conditions. One of those conditions is the agent designation requirement: the service provider must designate an agent to receive infringement notices from copyright holders so the service provider can take down the allegedly infringing content (subject to a counter-notice from the user). This week, Public Knowledge filed comments in the Copyright Office’s rulemaking to update its directory of service providers’ agents.



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PK's Comments-US Copyright Office-DMCA Agent

November 28, 2011

PK In the Know Podcast



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On today's podcast we discuss a net neutrality win in the Senate, Warner Brothers lying on copyright takedown notices, what's upcoming for SOPA, and Tunecore's new PRO.

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PK In the Know Podcast



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Today's podcast is short and to the point. PK Deputy Legal Director Sherwin Siy explains what is going on with SOPA - a bill with the potential to seriously screw up the intent.

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SOPA and the DMCA Safe Harbors

The Internet is a great facilitator of commerce and discourse. Our laws and policies are designed to preserve this character by preventing sites that host content of others from being shut down or crippled by money damages for their users’ illegal actions. Copyright law achieves this objective by exempting content hosts, such as Youtube and flickr, from liability for their users’ infringing actions so long as these sites comply with certain conditions. These conditions are premised on the idea that copyright owners are primarily responsible for policing sites on the Internet for infringement and protecting their rights. The recently introduced Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) would undermine this principle. In the process, it would undermine a vital legal protection that has fostered today’s Internet.



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SOPA and Section 1201: A Frightening Combination

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IP Enforcement

“Enforcement” is the latest buzzword being used to describe efforts to expand intellectual property (IP) rights, undermine the rights of consumers and innovators, and shift the responsibility for protecting private rights—such as copyright and trademark rights—from rights holders to government and private parties such as ISPs. Currently, this frenzy for greater "enforcement" is finding an audience in Washington.

Public Knowledge’s Position

Public Knowledge works to ensure that U.S. intellectual property law and policy reflect the “cultural bargain” intended by the Framers: providing an incentive to creators and innovators while benefiting the public through the free flow of information and ideas.

PK In the Know Podcast

On today's podcast, we discuss Fox's efforts to increase piracy, BART shutting down cell phone service, the Understanding 9/11 project, and the MP3Tunes decision.  Then we talk about how three artists - Rana Santacruz, April Smith, and Mates of State - are finding new ways to reach out to fans.

You can download the audio directly by clicking here (MP3) or stream it using the player below:

Want to subscribe to our podcast? Click here for the MP3 feed.



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You can download the audio directly by clicking here (MP3) or stream it using the player below:

Want to subscribe to our podcast? Click here for the MP3 feed.

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On today's podcast, we discuss Fox's efforts to increase piracy, BART shutting down cell phone service, the Understanding 9/11 project, and the MP3Tunes decision.  Then we talk about how three artists - Rana Santacruz, April Smith, and Mates of State - are finding new ways to reach out to fans.

You can download the audio directly by clicking here (MP3) or stream it using the player below:

Want to subscribe to our podcast? Click here for the MP3 feed.

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On today's podcast, we discuss Fox's efforts to increase piracy, BART shutting down cell phone service, the Understanding 9/11 project, and the MP3Tunes decision.  Then we talk about how three artists - Rana Santacruz, April Smith, and Mates of State - are finding new ways to reach out to fans.

You can download the audio directly by clicking here (MP3) or stream it using the player below:

Want to subscribe to our podcast? Click here for the MP3 feed.

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