Politech: Garage door opener trumps DMCA, federal court sez [ip]

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

http://news.com.com/Judges+OK+garage+door+openers+in+copyright+case/2100-1028_3-5341625.html?tag=nefd.top

Judges OK garage door openers in copyright case
Published: September 1, 2004, 11:23 AM PDT
By Declan McCullagh

A federal appeals court has reaffirmed what might seem to be obvious:
replacement garage door openers are legal to sell.

In a case with important implications for the technology industry, the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Tuesday upheld a
lower court decision saying that certain garage door openers cannot be
banned under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

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