DOJ Tells D.C. Circuit DMCA Restricts Conduct, Not Freedom Of Speech

Mealey's (March 31, 2022, 10:11 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Countering two technologists’ arguments in the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that the anti-circumvention measures of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) restrict their rights under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the U.S. Department of Justice argues in a March 28 brief, representing several federal governmental appellees, that the statute’s focus is on restricting actions, not speech, while protecting digital copyrighted works....