Whats the relationship between the Felten case and the EFFs DVD/DeCSS case?
In both cases EFF challenge the DMCA’s anti-circumvention provisions and its erosion offree expression. In Universal City Studios v. Reimerdes, the Web publisher 2600 Magazine published computer code DeCSS, which describes how to decrypt DVDs. In that case, EFF has appealed an injunction banning the magazine from publishing the information. In Professor Felten’s case, the recording industry claims that the scientists’ paper, which describes how Verance’s security system works, is also forbidden under the DMCA’s anti-trafficking provisions.
