[clug-talk] Copyright

[Dana Harding]

There was a discussion in 'Off the Hook' 20 January 
http://www.2600.com/offthehook/2010/0110.html

About the 'Right to Repair Act' and how the DMCA is being abused by auto 
manufacturers to restrict access for local repair shops and end users in 
diagnosing and repairing their own cars.  American-centric, but might be 
useful to you.



----- Original Message ----- 
> I'm working on a story about copyright law as part of my thesis and I'm
> currently looking for people who have been impacted by the law or people 
> who
> may have unique opinions or insights about the future of copyright law. I
> know that, in terms of the IT industry, patents are probably a bigger 
> issue,
> but open source software does rely on copyright laws and there are issues
> with anti-circumvention laws in terms of accessing encrypted DVDs and 
> other
> types of files with DRM on an open source operating system, such as Linux.
>
> If anyone in the group is aware of someone who I should talk to, or is
> willing to be interviewed on the subject, I'd very much appreciate it if 
> you
> could contact me off-list.