Dismantling The Repair Monopoly Created By The DMCA's Anti-Circumvention Rules

One of the biggest victories of the copyright maximalists was the successful adoption of the 1996 WIPO Copyright Treaty, implemented by the DMCA in the US, and the Copyright Directive in the EU. Its key innovation was to criminalize the circumvention of copyright protection mechanisms. ... the anti-circumvention laws are now being used to prevent people from exploring or modifying physical objects that they own.
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