Appeals court slams garage door DMCA claim

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Garage door DMCA case dismissed

Garage door DMCA case dismissed 11/17/2003 09:14 AM
Remote uncontrol

DMCA Doesn't Protect Garage Door Remotes

DMCA Doesn't Protect Garage Door Remotes 11/16/2003 05:07 PM

DMCA does not cover garage door openers.

DMCA does not cover garage door openers. 09/01/2004 10:54 PM
Copyfight: DMCA does not cover garage door openers. But what's the status on printers?

Garage door openers aren't copyrighted,
don't get DMCA protection

Garage door openers aren't copyrighted,
don't get DMCA protection 09/01/2004 06:10 AM
Cory Doctorow: The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has brought down a verdict in the "Skylink" case. That's a DMCA case whereing a garage-door-opener company asserted that another company, which makes interoperable clickers (in case you lose yours or want a spare for your spouse) violated the DMCA by circumventing the protection on the copyrighted software in the garage-door-opener. Yeah, you read right. Copyrighted garage-door-openers.

Anyway, the court delivered the clearest and most ringing condemnation of the overbroad application of the DMCA yet:

The DMCA does not create a new property right for copyright owners. Nor, for that matter, does it divest the public of the property rights that the Copyright Act has long granted to the public. The anticircumvention and anti-trafficking provisions of the DMCA create new grounds of liability. A copyright owner seeking to impose liability on an accused circumventor must demonstrate a reasonable relationship between the circumvention at issue and a use relating to a property right for which the Copyright Act permits the copyright owner to withhold authorization-as well as notice that authorization was withheld. A copyright owner seeking to impose liability on an accused trafficker must demonstrate that the trafficker's device enables either copyright infringement or a prohibited circumvention. Here, the District Court correctly ruled that Chamberlain pled no connection between unauthorized use of its copyrighted software and Skylink's accused transmitter. This connection is critical to sustaining a cause of action under the DMCA. We therefore affirm the District Court's summary judgment in favor of Skylink.

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Appeals Court Rules Against RIAA in DMCA
Subpoena Case

Appeals Court Rules Against RIAA in DMCA
Subpoena Case 12/19/2003 01:01 PM

Opening Your Own Garage Safe From The
DMCA

Opening Your Own Garage Safe From The
DMCA 11/14/2003 08:38 PM
As expecte d a judge has ruled in favor of a summary judgment that a universal garage door opener does not violate the DMCA for circumventing the original garage door opener maker's copy protection system. The judge seems to take a common sense approach to the matter, pointing out that it's ridiculous to believe that opening ones own garage door could be seen as a violation of the DMCA. This is a good ruling, and hopefully we'll see more based on this precedent. Now, the question will be whether or not people will be able to use such a ruling to support the idea of being able to open other things they thought they owned - like a gaming console or some software...

Judges OK garage door openers

Judges OK garage door openers 09/01/2004 01:41 PM
Digital Millennium Copyright Act doesn't prohibit a company from selling replacement garage door openers, federal appeals court concludes.

Air Force Radios Jam Garage Door Openers
(AP)

Air Force Radios Jam Garage Door Openers
(AP) 05/19/2004 06:05 PM
AP - A new military radio system is jamming remote-control garage doors in communities near this Florida Panhandle base.

Air Force radios jam garage door openers

Air Force radios jam garage door openers 05/20/2004 10:08 AM

Judges OK garage door openers in
copyright case

Judges OK garage door openers in
copyright case 09/01/2004 03:45 PM
Ruling's implications point well beyond home improvement in a key test of the DMCA's reach.

USAF in secret garage door jamming
trials

USAF in secret garage door jamming
trials 05/20/2004 10:14 AM
Motorola RF madness

Man Slams Door, Feels the Pane...
(Reuters)

Man Slams Door, Feels the Pane...
(Reuters) 01/06/2005 11:29 AM
Reuters - A German man, angered by a court decision, was left even more out of pocket when a judge gave him an extra fine for storming out of the court and slamming the door hard, authorities said on Thursday.

Symantec slams the door on LiveUpdate
flaw

Symantec slams the door on LiveUpdate
flaw 01/16/2004 10:57 AM

NX slams door on Linux buffer exploits

NX slams door on Linux buffer exploits 06/09/2004 07:29 AM

Apple slams the door on PlayFair and
FairTunes

Apple slams the door on PlayFair and
FairTunes 04/28/2004 11:32 AM
Apple has upgrade iTunes along with a new iPod release. Seems they where not very happy with the PlayFair and...

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in Massachusetts, and Completes its
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SLIDE-LOK Garage Storage Cabinets
Expands its East Coast Dealer Network
with the Addition of Garage Outfitters
in Massachusetts, and Completes its
Dealer Network in Connecticut with the
Addition of Garage Storage Solutions -
SLIDE-LOK Continues Seeking Applications
from Professional Garage Storage
Professionals in the United States and
Canada 06/03/2004 02:08 AM
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Court Opens Garage Doors, But Sets Murky
Precedent

Court Opens Garage Doors, But Sets Murky
Precedent 09/01/2004 04:06 AM
The Court of Appeals has upheld an earlier ruling saying that it's not a violation of the DMCA to create garage door openers that get around manufacturer controls designed to force buyers to go back to the original company for replacement openers. A lot of analysis is coming out on this one for a variety of reasons -- but, basically both the case and the decision are both incredibly complicated and incredibly important. The court basically wants to establish some sort of balancing "test" for the DMCA. However, the DMCA and certain decisions associated with it are fairly problematic to begin with, so the test is somewhat convoluted and not entirely reasonable. The good part is that the court seems to recognize just how troublesome the DMCA is as written. The problem is that they don't really know what to do about it to bring it back in line with where it should be to avoid its misuse for anti-competitive purposes. It sounds like a bit of cognitive dissonance as the court tried to resolve the realization that the law really was as bad as some made it out to be with the idea that Congress couldn't possibly have meant for it to be that bad.

Federal court broadens DMCA safe harbors

Federal court broadens DMCA safe harbors 07/21/2004 09:30 PM
Order in porn case carves out wider copyright protections for Net businesses.

Court slams HP Israel ID card bid

Court slams HP Israel ID card bid 01/02/2004 01:18 PM
Not so smart

German court fines man for slamming door
(Reuters)

German court fines man for slamming door
(Reuters) 01/06/2005 11:30 AM
Reuters - A German man, angered by a court decision, was left even more out of pocket when a judge gave him an extra fine for storming out of the court and slamming the door hard, authorities say.

Vatican Theologian Slams U.S. Court Gay
Ruling

Vatican Theologian Slams U.S. Court Gay
Ruling 11/19/2003 11:40 AM
Reuters via Wired News Nov 19 2003 10:27AM ET

Connecticut Supreme Court Slams Rental
Car GPS Spy

Connecticut Supreme Court Slams Rental
Car GPS Spy 04/05/2005 11:36 PM
Bob Dole writes "A few years ago, it was the latest thing for rental car companies to use GPS to spy on their customers. Most of these outfits got the hint and quickly dropped the concept after a torrent of bad publicity. But just in case any company in Connecticut didn't get the message, the a state Supreme Court just ruled that no matter how much notice you give, you can't charge a customer $150 extra just because he was speeding. The state's attorney general even said, "You cannot secretly track drivers' speeds and gouge them under the guise of safety or vehicle expense" -- guess Connecticut isn't getting speed cameras any time soon. "

Appeals Court to Consider Microsoft Case

Appeals Court to Consider Microsoft Case 11/04/2003 06:30 AM
AP via Daily Press Nov 4 2003 5:35AM ET

Appeals court to consider Microsoft case

Appeals court to consider Microsoft case 11/04/2003 09:54 AM
Miami Herald Nov 4 2003 8:50AM ET

Appeals court allows intercepting e-mail

Appeals court allows intercepting e-mail 07/01/2004 07:10 AM
Boston Globe Jul 1 2004 11:34AM GMT

Appeals Court Rules For Grokster

Appeals Court Rules For Grokster 08/19/2004 02:20 PM
While Senator Hatch is trying to overturn the original decision that said file sharing programs weren't liable for copyright infringement that occurred on their networks, the Appeals Court has upheld the original ruling. The Reuters report only has two paragraphs now, but I'm assuming it will be expanded with details. Once again, it looks like the courts have been able to understand the difference between a person doing something illegal, and a company that provides a tool. This ruling isn't a huge surprise, of course. During the trial, the judges made it clear they weren't buying the entertainment industry's version of the story, when the judge told the RIAA lawyer: "Let me say what I think your problem is. You can use these harsh terms, but you are dealing with something new, and the question is, does the statutory monopoly that Congress has given you reach out to that something new. And that's a very debatable question. You don't solve it by calling it 'theft.' You have to show why this court should extend a statutory monopoly to cover the new thing. That's your problem. Address that if you would. And curtail the use of abusive language."

Microsoft victory at appeals court

Microsoft victory at appeals court 07/04/2004 06:56 PM
IT Vibe Jul 4 2004 11:42PM GMT

Sex.com ruling upheld by Court of
Appeals

Sex.com ruling upheld by Court of
Appeals 04/05/2005 06:42 AM
Game over

High Court Slams Bush on Terror Suspects
(AP)

High Court Slams Bush on Terror Suspects
(AP) 06/28/2004 07:45 PM
AP - The Supreme Court ruled Monday that the war on terrorism does not give the government a "blank check" to hold a U.S. citizen and foreign-born terror suspects in legal limbo, a forceful denunciation of Bush administration tactics since the Sept. 11 attacks.

U.S. Appeals Court Restores Sept. 11
Prosecution

U.S. Appeals Court Restores Sept. 11
Prosecution 04/22/2004 10:45 PM
A federal appeals court restored the government's full case against Zacarias Moussaoui, and allowed prosecutors once again to seek the death penalty.

Appeals court to consider Microsoft
antitrust settlement

Appeals court to consider Microsoft
antitrust settlement 11/04/2003 05:21 AM
AP via New Jersey Online Nov 4 2003 3:49AM ET

Appeals court won't rehear Schiavo case

Appeals court won't rehear Schiavo case 03/23/2005 05:33 PM
Next stop: The U.S. Supreme Court.

Appeals Court: Continue Moussaoui Case
(AP)

Appeals Court: Continue Moussaoui Case
(AP) 04/22/2004 05:32 PM
AP - A federal appeals court in Virginia on Thursday allowed the government's case against terrorism suspect Zacarias Moussaoui to proceed and lifted a ban on prosecutors presenting evidence related to the Sept. 11 attacks.

The appeals court ruling and what
Congress meant

The appeals court ruling and what
Congress meant 03/23/2005 10:19 AM
Applying the law Congress passed rather than the one Tom DeLay wanted, judges on the 11th Circuit reject a request to order the re-insertion of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube.

U.S. appeals court reconsiders MS
antitrust case

U.S. appeals court reconsiders MS
antitrust case 11/05/2003 02:56 AM
CTV.ca Nov 5 2003 2:14AM ET

Appeals Court Allows Case Against
Moussaoui to Proceed

Appeals Court Allows Case Against
Moussaoui to Proceed 04/22/2004 08:10 PM
A federal appeals court in Virginia on Thursday allowed the government's case against terrorism suspect Zacarias Moussaoui to proceed and lifted a ban on prosecutors presenting evidence related to the Sept. 11 attacks.

Appeals Court Denies Microsoft Petition

Appeals Court Denies Microsoft Petition 05/24/2004 05:16 PM
Internet News May 24 2004 9:20PM GMT

Supreme Court hears detainees' appeals

Supreme Court hears detainees' appeals 04/20/2004 08:39 AM

Supreme Court Hears Detainees' Appeals
(AP)

Supreme Court Hears Detainees' Appeals
(AP) 04/20/2004 05:57 AM
AP - More than 600 men from 44 countries pass their days in small cells at a U.S. Navy prison camp in Cuba, far from the scene of a high-stakes court case that will help draw the boundaries for the war on terrorism.
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