Comments on: Skylink Wins: DMCA doesn’t lock your garage http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2004/08/31/skylink_wins_dmca_doesnt_lock_your_garage.html Musings of a techie lawyer Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:05:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-bleeding By: garage door opener http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2004/08/31/skylink_wins_dmca_doesnt_lock_your_garage.html#comment-186 garage door opener Thu, 09 Sep 2004 04:15:11 +0000 http://wendy.seltzer.org/wordpress/?p=167#comment-186 I found the entire Skylink vs Chamberlain case in PDF format at www.aclickawayremotes.com they have it in text format too. I found the entire Skylink vs Chamberlain case in PDF format at http://www.aclickawayremotes.com they have it in text format too.

]]> By: Randy Zagar http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2004/08/31/skylink_wins_dmca_doesnt_lock_your_garage.html#comment-185 Randy Zagar Wed, 01 Sep 2004 18:08:16 +0000 http://wendy.seltzer.org/wordpress/?p=167#comment-185 I just finished reading the decision. The single thread of error I can find in rulings for cases like Skylink, 321 Studios, and Corley is that the Courts fail to recognize that "accessing" and "copying" copyrighted works are not separable acts with digital media. Authorization for "copying" of digital works has to be part of package because there is no "authorized access" without it. I just finished reading the decision.

The single thread of error I can find in rulings for cases like Skylink, 321 Studios, and Corley is that the Courts fail to recognize that “accessing” and “copying” copyrighted works are not separable acts with digital media.

Authorization for “copying” of digital works has to be part of package because there is no “authorized access” without it.

]]> By: Randy Zagar http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2004/08/31/skylink_wins_dmca_doesnt_lock_your_garage.html#comment-184 Randy Zagar Wed, 01 Sep 2004 16:47:21 +0000 http://wendy.seltzer.org/wordpress/?p=167#comment-184 Wendy, I'd be very interested in how you think the Skylink case might apply to DeCSS and encrypted DVDs? The encryption scheme used on DVD movies is (extremely!) well-understood at this point, and can be defeated with "trivial" amounts of code. Wouldn't the Skylink test put a damper on the MPAA's attempt to prevent consumers from using competing (third-party, or even open-source!) DVD-player products? -RZ Wendy,

I’d be very interested in how you think the Skylink case might apply to DeCSS and encrypted DVDs?

The encryption scheme used on DVD movies is (extremely!) well-understood at this point, and can be defeated with “trivial” amounts of code.

Wouldn’t the Skylink test put a damper on the MPAA’s attempt to prevent consumers from using competing (third-party, or even open-source!) DVD-player products?

-RZ

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