More on the Elcomsoft/Sklyarov case....The trial starts next week, but lawyers are already in court arguing about how to interpret the DMCA to the jury. Elcomsoft wants to argue that making a back-up copy of a purchased ebook is fair use. The federal prosecutor argues that "fair use is irrelevant and improper" and should not be mentioned in front of the jury.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 11/26/2002 08:56:00 AM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
