Definition and Overview

• The Digital Millennium Copyright Act - EDUCAUSE.edu
• Clear explanation of the DMCA The UCLA Online Institute for Cyberspace Law and Policy
• Full Text of the DMCA US Government | H.R.2281 (PDF Format) 
• Digital Copyright Court Cases www.acm.org
• Status and Analysis of DMCA Association of Research Libraries

Support

• Tripping the rippers - John Borland, CNET News.com
• Supporting Groups
  • Motion Picture Association of America MPAA
  • Recording Industry of America RIAA
  • Software Information Industry Association SIIA
  • DVD Copy Control Association - DVD CCA Website

DMCA Abuse

• Circumventing Competition: The Perverse Consequences of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act Timothy B. Lee CATO Institute
• Efficient Process or Chilling Effects? Takedown Notices Under Section 512 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act Jennifer M. Urban and Laura Quilter USC and Berkeley
• Unintended Consequences: Five Years under the DMCA Electronic Frontier Foundation Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Furniture Causes FedEx Fits Kristen Philipkoski Wired
• CNN takes legal action against The National Debate over Kerry Poll Parody Robert Cox The National Debate
• RIAA apologizes for threatening letter Declan McCullagh Cnet News
• MPAA Falsely Accuses Superconnect with DMCA Notice Superconnect Superconnect
• Prepaid cell phone provider tries DMCA smackdown Eric Bangeman Ars Technica
• DMCA screws a doc Revere Effect Measure

Protest

• U.S. Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.) is gathering support from concerned interests to battle the entertainment industry Dan Gillmor, Mercury News Technology Columnist
• Diverse Groups Unite to Defend Freedom of Expression Against DMCA EFF Press Release: Jan. 26, 2001
• Digital Millennium Copyright Act protest at Stanford University zgp.org
• Protesters declare war on copyright law - Robert Lemos, CNET News.com
• A Protester's Guide to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act - www.tuxers.net
• Digital Millennium Copyright Act protest at Stanford University - zgp.org 
• ISPs Face Down DMCA Brad King, WIRED ONLINE

Cases

• Xbox modders charged with copyright crime Joris Evers Cnet News
• Free the Cell Phone! Jennifer Granick Wired
• Nikon encrypts D2X white balance metadata PSN Editorial Staff Photoshop News
• Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for Access Control Technologies Marybeth Peters US Government
• DMCA hammer comes down on tech service vendor Jason Schultz Lawgeek
• Recordable DVDs New Target of Hollywood Liza Porteus Fox News
• Application of the DMCA Safe Harbor Provisions to Search Engines Craig W. Walker Virginia Journal of Law & Technology
• DMCA axes sites discussing Mac OS for PCs Tom Krazit MSN Business & IT
• How to slip past the DMCA, maybe sorta; ROM emulation gets a boost? Ken "Caesar" Fisher Ars Technica

• DeCSS - DVD "Ripping"

  • DeCSS and the DMCA Lincoln D. Stein, Webmaster's Domain
  • DeCSS: Round one to Hollywood, but the fight continues Deborah Durham-Vichr, LinuxWorld
  • Focus on the DeCSS trial Deborah Durham-Vichr, LinuxWorld
  • Judge halts posting of DVD cracking code John Borland, C/NET
  • The Openlaw DVD/DeCSS Forum Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) List Rob Warren, Openlaw DVD/DeCSS 
  • DeCSS Down Under Damien Cave, salon.com
  • DeCss Trial Wrap Up  Deborah Durham-Vichr, TECHNews
  • Openlaw:Open DVDOpenLaw Forum at Harvard  
  • Napster's Cousin: The DeCSS Trial Jeff Howe, The Standard
  • DeCSS for Linux and DVD Dr.David S. Touretzky 

• Secure Digital Music Initiative

  • SDMI Code-Breaker Speaks Freely - Declan McCullagh, Wired News
  • SDMI FAQ sdmi.org 
  • SDMI Challenge Information Edward W. Felten, Dept. of Computer Science, Princeton University 
  • SDMI Examines Hacker Data Wired News Report 

Court Cases

• DMCA dealt serious blow by Sixth Circuit Appeals Court Ken "Caesar" Fisher Ars Technica
• DMCA Doesn't Lock Garage Doors, Fed. Circuit Affirms Wendy Seltzer Electronic Frontier Foundation
• DeCSS: Round one to Hollywood, but the fight continues Deborah Durham-Vichr CNN

Ambiguity

• How the DMCA affects us - Cryogenious
• 2nd Circuit asked to draw cyberspace copyright boundaries - Tamara Loomis,Law.com
• DVD trial: "Napsterization" of Hollywood? - Jim Hu and Lisa M. Bowman, CNET News.com
• DVD cracking case returns to court - Lisa M. Bowman, CNET News.com
• Is Your Library an Internet Service Provider under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act? - University of Texas System 
• Legitimate Concerns Vs. Free Speech - Ed Foster,InfoWorld
• Proceted or Locked Out? - Bruce Haring, USA Today
• The Licensing Game - Jessica David, InfoWorld
• Real and Streambox both claim victory in court - Michael Learmonth, Computerworld New Zealand


• Open Source DVD Players and Libraries with CSS Decryption Support
  • VideoLAN - MPEG and DVD for every OS, free ! - VideoLAN
  • Ogle DVD Player - Ogle
  • xine - a free video player - XINE
  • CSS Plugin for XINE - Captain CSS
  • libdvdcss - VideoLAN
  • DVD Resources for Open Source Development - DVD.sf.net