Sentences with phrase «authority of the copyright owner»

But Subsection (3) explains that «to «circumvent a technological measure» means to descramble a scrambled work, to decrypt an encrypted work, or otherwise to avoid, bypass, remove, deactivate, or impair a technological measure, without the authority of the copyright owner.»

But the statute doesn't say, «without the permission of the copyright owner» — it says, «without the authority of the copyright owner.»

If anyone is aware of any case law that decides the meaning of «the authority of the copyright owner» in this subsection, I'd love to see it — but a brief skim suggests that this is an open issue.

-- Whenever a work protected under this title is published in the United States or elsewhere by authority of the copyright owner, a notice of copyright as provided by this section may be placed on publicly distributed copies from which the work can be visually perceived, either directly or with the aid of a machine or device.

Circumvention is defined as «to descramble a scrambled work, to decrypt an encrypted work, or otherwise to avoid, bypass, remove, deactivate, or impair a technological measure, without the authority of the copyright owner,» and is illegal.

Not exact matches

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