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Start with #FreeExpression: the DMCA threatens device owners who bypass digital locks, even when they need to do so for legal uses: recording a program, remixing it for commentary or criticism, or capturing it for investigation or analysis.
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Bans on breaking DRM interfere with free expression. Think of app stores: creators can't provide their copyrighted works to the audience unless the app store owners allow it. If they don't, you have to break DRM—and risk a lawsuit—to load it. 6/14
Then there's self-determination. DRM is used to enforce all kinds of arbitrary limits on protected private activity - think of #CPCM, the digital locks on DVB television signals. This DRM defines what a family (!) is, and is not.
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The wealthy execs from the global north who created CPCM made sure it would work at your summer home and on your boat - but if you're a migrant whose family drifts apart and reforms, your family doesn't count. 8/14
Next: #Disability. Many tech companies have done excellent work in making their products accessible, but accessibility is a highly individual matter - every person needs different accommodations and no one can hope to anticipate all needs.
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And while many laws protect the rights of people with disabilities, they are no match for the DMCA's ban on breaking DRM. Abbot Labs used DRM to block a project that helped people with diabetes connect their glucose meters to their insulin pumps. https://www.diabettech.com/wearenotwaiting/patching-librelink-for-libre2-clearing-the-fud/ … 10/14
US copyright law under the DMCA is so draconian that it blocks you from sharing a tool that prevents seizure-triggering strobe effects in streaming videos. https://github.com/w3c/encrypted-media/issues/376 … 11/14
US copyright law also interferes with archives as well as other vital cultural institutions, such as galleries, museums and libraries - because storing, displaying and replaying works often requires bypassing DRM. 12/14https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/09/human-rights-and-tpms-lessons-22-years-us-dmca#archives …
Our paper also explains ways in which US copyright law has interfered with national security, information security, repair, resilience, health care and education - a suite of national priorities that intersect with human rights. 13/14
We are greatly heartened that the Mexican Supreme Court has taken up this urgent issue, and we stand with our partners at @R3DMx and @DerechosDigitales in urging the court to suspend the law while they consider it.
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