The press has been all over the story about the ruling that allows jailbreaking an iPhone, however another ruling occurred that I think has MUCH bigger consequences.
What do copyrighted material and your privacy have in common?
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) won a new legal protection for video artists and cellphone jailbreakers with this release.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) won three critical exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) anticircumvention provisions today, carving out new legal protections for consumers who modify their cell phones and artists who remix videos — people who, until now, could have been sued for their non-infringing or fair use activities.
This is the statement that I think has huge implications.
EFF also won a groundbreaking new protection for video remix artists currently thriving on Internet sites like YouTube.
The new rule holds that amateur creators do not violate the DMCA when they use short excerpts from DVDs in order to create new, noncommercial works for purposes of criticism or comment if they believe that circumvention is necessary to fulfill that purpose.
Hollywood has historically taken the view that "ripping" DVDs is always a violation of the DMCA, no matter the purpose.
In other words, this allows original "artwork" to be edited without the owner's permission.
Now they say it can be done for "noncommercial works" but when ads are placed next to the YouTube video, doesn't this violate that?
The big picture:
I see your privacy, and your private information as your own "artwork" and with these new rulings, the floodgates are open. Privacy is like insurance, you only need it (and appreciate it) after the fact.
Does anyone else see this slippery slope?
The fastest growing site you've never heard of Little Clicks Add Up
Have a great idea? We Invest In Great Ideas
No comments:
Post a Comment