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The OzDMCA: What it means for FOSSmirror.linux.org.au/pub/linux.conf.au/2007/video/talks/176.pdf ·...
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The OzDMCA: What it means for FOSS
linux.conf.au 2007Kimberlee Weatherall
University of Queensland
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My copyright system is
broken. You’re the legal genius.
Fix it!
And they think that
#%^$%&$%^ Windows is unfixable…
I’ll fix it!
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What happened: how and why
What it means for FOSS
What next
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What happened?
2004: USAustralia FTA concluded
20052006: Reviews: Fair use and TPMs
(and some others not in public)
[lots of lobbying]
CopyrightAmendment
Act 2006
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Copyright Amendment Bill shiny things for users
1. iPod use becomes legal2. Taping TV to watch later becomes legal3. Parody and satire 4. More copying/preserving rights for libraries5. More copying rights for the visually disabled.
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BUT
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• More and expanded criminal law• Less free copying for schools/unis• An Australian DMCA
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“bad policy”
“an effort to fit the square peg of creative innovation into the round hole of statutory definition”
“Respectfully, Google believes that the Bill fails significantly to bring Australia’s Copyright Act fully into the digital age”
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“outdated and overly restrictive”‘‘needs to be amended’’
“Failed”Linux Australia
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First
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Highly qualified, specific exceptions
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Example: the iPod exception
1. You own a copy of the sound recording
2. Which isn’t an infringing copy 3. And isn’t downloaded from the
internet or from digital broadcast4. You make a copy for ‘private and
domestic’ purposes5. On a device (like an iPod) that you
own
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Second
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The Australian DMCA
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The US DMCA makes it illegal to:
CircumventOr sell/distribute devices/programs that circumvent Technological access controls or copy controls Used on copyright material Regardless of whether circumvention involves infringement
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Heard of these cases?
• DeCSS case (Corley/Remeirdes)• BnetD case• Lexmark• Skylink
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Australian law before the FTA
• No ban on circumvention • TPMs must ‘prevent or inhibit infringement’• Narrowly interpreted by courts
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Post OzDMCA
• Ban on circumvention• More things are ‘circumvention devices’• Less exceptions • More technologies protected
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So, what can’t you hack?
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‘access control’ TPMs
• Used by copyright owners (or on their behalf);• in connection with the exercise of the copyright;• which in the normal course of its operation,
controls access to the work • Carveouts for:
– Regioncoding on films/computer games– Some embedded software
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‘access control’ TPMs
• Used by copyright owners (or on their behalf);• in connection with the exercise of the copyright;• which in the normal course of its operation,
controls access to the work • Carveouts for:
– Regioncoding on films/computer games– Some embedded software
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Three tests (Rusty/Linux)
1. Can you create your own device which uses legitimatelypurchased copyright material?
3. If the device does more than ‘approved’ players, can copyright owners prevent you?
5. Is the law clear enough that small businesses feel safe providing innovative products to consumers?
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The future
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We’ll route around it. We’ll run thin clients and put all our servers in New Zealand/ Canada/ Antigua/ Sealand
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Revolution! The IP system is broken.
Just ignore it, engage in ‘mass civil disobedience’ and it will collapse
under its own weight
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Let’s run a test case
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We must devote more resources to lobbying, and get the law changed. We just haven’t done enough to get
the law right.
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The key to getting the laws you want is to make people care.
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Go forth and do cool stuff.