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September 30, 2004

EFF wins Diebold DMCA case

Judge Fogel has ruled in favor of OPG and the Swarthmore students in the OPG v. Diebold case.

Bottom line: If you misuse DMCA take down notices, you can be liable for damages under section 512(f). How liable? That's up next when we file our supplemental briefs. Copyright abusers beware!

Click here for the EFF press release.

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Awesome!

Posted by: Royski | October 01, 2004 at 06:10 AM

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