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U.S. Border Seizures of DMCA Circumvention Devices Surges

posted by janrinok on Saturday March 10 2018, @11:34PM   Printer-friendly
from the people-are-DMCA-circumvention-devices-too dept.

canopic jug writes:

The US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) prohibits devices and software that can be used to circumvent digital restrictions, no matter how trivial the restrictions. A new slide deck from the US Department of Homeland Security (warning for PDF) states that the overall number of copyright-, patent-, trademark-related seizures increased by 8% last year. Though much of it was from traditional counterfeit goods, there were some hints at something more problematic regarding interpretation of the rules:

New data released by Homeland Security shows that U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized significantly more DMCA circumvention devices in 2017. The seizures, which includes mod chips for gaming consoles, increased 324% compared to the year before, although the actual number remains fairly low.

[...] What we did notice is that the International Intellectual Property [sic] Alliance (IIPA) recently framed streaming boxes as possible circumvention tools. The strong enforcement focus of rightsholders on these devices may have been communicated to border patrols as well.

Again, there is no word yet on what the border staff actually consider to be circumvention technologies.

From TorrentFreak : U.S. Border Seizures of DMCA Circumvention Devices Surges
and the Washington Examiner : US customs agencies seize $1.2B in counterfeit imports as illegal goods market continues to grow.

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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by jmorris on Sunday March 11 2018, @01:19AM (2 children)

    by jmorris (4844) on Sunday March 11 2018, @01:19AM (#650719)

    Oh don't worry, they would if they could.

    Imagine the glorious future when we are uploaded hyperminds occupying vast tracts of computing hardware. Surrounded by even more vast machines that carefully trace chain of custody on every part of each thought we have and credit the mandated fees to the rights holders of each idea and copyrighted work we happen to think of. Copyright and patent of course being made eternal in a world where everyone is effectively immortal... and must pay and pay forever. Welcome to Hell.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 11 2018, @08:56AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 11 2018, @08:56AM (#650853)

    Better copyright that storyline, some "AI" is gonna spew it out for a corporate bit.

  • (Score: 2) by Tara Li on Tuesday March 13 2018, @07:14PM

    by Tara Li (6248) on Tuesday March 13 2018, @07:14PM (#651939)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFe9wiDfb0E [youtube.com] Welcome To The Singularity, Ruined By Lawyers.