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Section 1201 of the DMCA

Anti-circumvention provision of the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act, enacted in 1998, which prohibits bypassing digital restrictions and locks applied by a manufacturer or rights holder.

Known aliases

DMCA 1201
Section 1201

Relationships

No evidence-backed relationships are recorded.

Current clusters

product1 publisher

Rossmann's nonprofit pays bounties for breaking the locks DMCA 1201 protects

Louis Rossmann's Own Your Shit tour spent the summer pointing crowds at Section 1201 of the DMCA, the 1998 provision that makes bypassing a manufacturer's lock illegal. His nonprofit Fulu pays for doing it anyway.

Publishers:wired.com

Reality

Evidence62
Adoption20
Hype gap+25
Incentives68
Confidence55