Technologists Bring Fight Over DMCA Circumvention To D.C. Circuit

Mealey's (January 19, 2022, 10:49 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The anti-circumvention provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) are overly broad and inappropriately criminalize legitimate reasons to circumvent technological protection measures (TPMs) for applications that are protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, appellants who filed a declaratory suit over the statute’s constitutionality tell the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in a Jan. 12 opening brief, appealing a trial court’s denial of their motion to enjoin enforcement of the provisions....