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Portugal bans use of DRM that limits access to public domain works
With the tendency of becoming too accustomed to bad news on copyright, it is refreshing to hear that Portugal has recently passed a law that helps to strike a fairer balance between users and copyright holders on digital rights management (DRM). The law does not abolish legal protection for DRM altogether – unfortunately, that would […]
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Copyfail #9: Digital Rights Management (DRM): Restricting lending and borrowing books and music in digital format
This article is the ninth in the series presenting Copyfails. The EU is reforming its copyright rules. We want to introduce you to the main failures of the current copyright system, with suggestions on how to fix them. You can find all the Copyfails here. How has it failed? We are able to lend book […]
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ECJ: Circumventing protection systems may be lawful in certain cases
In a judgement issued on 23 January 2014, the EU Court of Justice ruled that circumventing a protection system of a games console may be lawful under certain circumstances. The decision was taken in a case brought to the Milan District court by Nintendo against the Italian retailer PC Box Srl. Nintendo sued PC Box […]
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