#infringement — Public Fediverse posts
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Victory! #NinthCircuit Limits Intrusive #DMCA #Subpoenas
The 9th Circuit upheld an important limitation on Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) subpoenas that other federal courts have recognized for more than 2 decades. The DMCA, a misguided anti-piracy law passed in the late 90’s, created a bevy of powerful tools, ostensibly to help #copyright holders fight online #infringement. Unfortunately, the DMCA’s powerful protections are ripe for abuse by “copyright trolls”
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/08/victory-ninth-circuit-limits-intrusive-dmca-subpoenas