SFC joins amicus curiae in Green v. Department of Justice

Large coalition against DMCA among right to repair, digital rights and advocacy groups speaks out

December 6, 2023

In the case of Green v. Department of Justice, filed in 2016 concerning section 1201 of the DMCA, Software Freedom Conservancy — along with Public Knowledge, The Digital Right to Repair Coalition, iFixit, The Open Source Hardware Association, and Jonathan Askin, Aaron Perzanowski, and Anthony Rosborough — all joined an amicus curiae brief led by Charles Duan in support of the defendant. The DMCA includes many incredibly harmful policies. In particular, for almost 20 years, the DMCA has allowed overbroad corporate control of our technology in the name of copyright. Particularly harmful are the Draconian §1201-backed TPMs (“technological protection measures”) — which have curtailed and nearly eliminated these core rights of ownership:

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