Universal Garage Door Opener OK under DMCA

Dave Walker writes "According to the EFF's Deep Links page, the Federal Circuit yesterday affirmed that the DMCA does not 'divest the public of the property rights that the Copyright Act has long granted to the public.' The ruling goes on to state 'Consumers who purchase a product containing a copy of embedded software have the inherent legal right to use that copy of the software. What the law authorizes, Chamberlain cannot revoke.' EFF's archives of the case can be found here. Another small victory for the good guys. I think I need a new garage door opener anyhow."

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Re:Small?

[black mariah]

To me, this looks like the whole DMCA house of cards collapsing.

If it looks that way to you, you need to get a new prescription for your rose colored glasses.

How long will it be before the Courts recognise a CSS-protected DVD as nothing more than a computer program we run to produce the video?

I'm sorry, but I'm failing to understand how the fuck this would change a goddamned thing. Computer programs are still protected under copyright law. Please explain your train of thought on this one, because I just don't get it.