A Decade of the DMCA - Color Edition (BN)

by Marcia Wilbur

Overview

So you want to know more about the impact of DMCA? Great!

Today, cease and desist order cases are often mentioned in the mainstream media news. Many cases have gone to court. There is a controversy over the law and the balance between copyright holders/owners and customers/users.

This book covers the past decade of the DMCA. The book hopefully includes a thought provoking perspective into the different areas of the DMCA and significant cases over the past 10 years. The book describes the social aspect of the DMCA and the impact of the DMCA.

The DMCA has impacted our society, but also has impacted the lives of the people who received Cease and Desist notices. Some cases in the Cease and Desist Cases portion of the book describes basic facts of the case/situation as an introduction, what happened when the recipient received a notification, how they felt, what their reactions were, and what they did after receiving the notification.

There is limited information with regard to the different areas of the law and some discussion of the controversy surrounding the DMCA.

The author is not a lawyer. This author is very slightly experienced and has almost no knowledge in the field of Computer Law. This in no way is to be construed as legal advice or any legal opinion. The information found in this book is as accurate as the author's experience and research allows.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013194113
Publisher:	Six White Horses Publications
Publication date:	08/01/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Marcia Wilbur is an American writer, author of The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (Writers Press, 2000), The DMCA - in your pocket, and Linux Essentials (2003).

Marcia was contributing editor for Suite 101 in the Computing Life section from 1999 through 2002 where she wrote articles relating to computing and computer law. She continued as editor for the DMOZ copyright section 2001-2002. In 2000 she participated in Openlaw DVD discuss. She assisted Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society through participation and in writing an amicus curae for the 2600 v. MPAA case. As an intern for the Free Software Foundation and a Committee Member of the Digital Speech Project there, she worked with various members in an effort to promote free speech. She has written articles for Binary Freedom, System Toolbox, and STC Phoenix Rough Draft. In 2003, she drafted a DMCA FAQ for the EFF DMCA blog. This FAQ ultimately lead to A Decade of the DMCA.

In 2000, she attended the first DMCA protest in Washington D.C. and maintained the first DMCA protest site, dmcasucks.org to inform the public about the law, current cases and impact on society. This site is no longer maintained.

She was educated at Three Rivers College in Norwich, Connecticut in computer science and Arizona State University in Technical Communications. In May 2008, Marcia received a MS in Technology from Arizona State University. The subject of her applied project was related to copyright.