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Court Allows EFF's First Amendment Challenge to DMCA §1201 to Proceed

3 pointsby sinakalmost 6 years ago

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sinakalmost 6 years ago
To be clear, this lawsuit specifically takes on §1201, the anti-circumvention provisions of the DMCA.<p>From the Wilson Sonsini Press Release:<p>&gt; In a big win for critics of Section 1201, the court held that Green and Huang satisfy the injury-in-fact requirement for Article III standing, meaning they have standing to challenge the statute on First Amendment grounds moving forward. In another big win, the court affirmed that &quot;code is speech&quot;—and thus protected by the First Amendment—and that using code to circumvent technical protection measures &quot;arguably implicates&quot; First Amendment rights as well. In so doing, the court dismissed the government&#x27;s assertion that Green and Huang&#x27;s desired acts of circumvention are not protected speech. Finally, although the court dismissed Green and Huang&#x27;s facial challenges to the DMCA as an unlawful prior restraint, it concluded their &quot;as-applied&quot; First Amendment challenges can move forward, denying the government&#x27;s motion to dismiss that claim.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wsgr.com&#x2F;wsgr&#x2F;Display.aspx?SectionName=publications&#x2F;PDFSearch&#x2F;wsgralert-green.htm" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wsgr.com&#x2F;wsgr&#x2F;Display.aspx?SectionName=publicati...</a>