A DC Circuit Court rejected an appeal that challenged protections for copyrighted works. The case was originally brought in 2016 by the Electronic Frontier Foundation on behalf of a computer science professor and a tech inventor, who argued that preventing technological measures to circumvent copyright protections, or locks on digital media–as established by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act–was unconstitutional. Their claims were struck down in 2022 in an as-applied case, and now have been denied on a facial basis. In a decision passed down on Friday, Judge Cornelia Pillard wrote, “The First Amendment protects a right to read, but it […]
