Volunteer to Help on DMCA Reform
March 9, 2006 by FredProfessor Pete Decherny at the University of Pennsylvania is working on getting a DMCA exemption. Maggie writes on 2nd-Law:
My Professor Peter Decherney is currently assembling his case against the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA). Concisely, the DMCA makes it illegal to create digital clips from legally purchased DVDs, because doing so involves circumventing encryption software.
My film professor, who uses an abundance of film clips each class to facilitate learning, currently violates the DMCA every time he builds a new digital clip on his computer. He creates this seamless flow of images and media in order to avoid fumbling with videos and DVDs every time he wants to screen an image – he often shows up to ten clips in one class.
Professor Decherney needs people to do some light research and can use all the help he can get. Please e-mail Maggie at nucular.power.plant[@]gmail.com to start working. You’ll be participating in a groundbreaking and in my opinion, likely succesful project that has little precedence, as the DMCA has yet to be amended or reformed since its inception. Click here for the full story on 2nd-Law.