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EFF to the FTC: DMCA Section 1201 Creates Anti-Competitive Regulatory Barriers

As part of multi-pronged effort towards deregulation, the Federal Trade Commission has asked the public to identify any and all “anti-competitive” regulations. Working with our friends at Authors Alliance, EFF answered, calling attention to a set of anti-competitive regulations that many don’t  recognize as such: the triennial exemptions to Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and the cumbersome process on which they depend. Copyright grants exclusive rights to creators, but onl...

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