Case study:

• the strange case of Prof Edward Felten
  as related in the Wikipedia online encyclopedia

Topic notes

Relevant legal and regulatory documents:

• Copyright statutes, 17 USC, sections 101-1332, mainly based on the Copyright Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-553)
  as amended over the years including by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA Public Law 105-304), Oct 1998
• Copyright protection and management systems, 17 USC chapter 12 (sections 1201-1205),
  preventing the circumvention of copyright protection systems as enacted through DCMA
• Current legislative activity in copyright law, compiled by the US Copyright Office

Further Help:

from the U.S. Copyright Office, the US regulatory agency
including this analysis of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act

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