Re:Gavin Newsom vetoes SB 1047
by worstspotgain on Monday September 30, 2024 @04:33AM
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Among other things, quoth the EFF:
"Thanks to fair use, you have a legal right to use copyrighted material without permission or payment. But thanks to Section 1201, you do not have the right to break any digital locks that might prevent you from engaging in that fair use. And this, in turn, has had a host of unintended consequences, such as impeding the right to repair."
"Thanks to fair use, you have a legal right to use copyrighted material without permission or payment. But thanks to Section 1201, you do not have the right to break any digital locks that might prevent you from engaging in that fair use. And this, in turn, has had a host of unintended consequences, such as impeding the right to repair."
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/07/what-really-does-and-d...