RE: [dvd-discuss] did everyone already see this?

["Richard Hartman" <hartman(at)onetouch.com>]

That's nice so far as it goes ... but try to find an
interpretation that would _not_ "stifle innovation and
increase consumer prices" !


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-Richard M. Hartman
hartman@onetouch.com

186,000 mi/sec: not just a good idea, it's the LAW!



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Steinberg [mailto:synthesis@videotron.ca]
> Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 2:52 PM
> To: DVD- DISCUSS
> Subject: [dvd-discuss] did everyone already see this?
> 
> 
> COURT DENIES DMCA CLAIM BETWEEN GARAGE DOOR OPENER RIVALS
> A federal court has denied in part a motion for summary
> judgement against a company accused of making compatible
> garage door openers in violation of the DMCA.  The
> Chamberlain Group sued its competitor in January 2003 with a
> claim that the opener violated a DMCA ban on trafficking in
> circumvention devices.  The court rejected the claim and
> noted its appreciation for an amici brief that argued that
> Chamberlain's interpretation of the DMCA would stifle
> innovation and increase consumer prices.  Case name is
> Chamberlain Group v. Skylink Technologies. 
> 
> http://www.ipjustice.org/skylink/082903_ORDER.pdf
> 
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> Dan Steinberg
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