Pseudo-Copyright Rules That Block Fair Uses and Other Speech Violate the First Amendment, EFF Argues in Appellate Brief
December 01, 2023
December 01, 2023
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- The Electronic Frontier Foundation issued the following news release on Nov. 29, 2023:
A 1998 federal law that criminalizes access to digital works for lawful purposes--chilling free expression and impeding scientific research--is unenforceable because it's too broad and violates the First Amendment, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and co-counsel Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati argued in an appeals court brief filed today.
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A 1998 federal law that criminalizes access to digital works for lawful purposes--chilling free expression and impeding scientific research--is unenforceable because it's too broad and violates the First Amendment, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and co-counsel Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati argued in an appeals court brief filed today.
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