Your right to repair, unlock, modify, & remix is under attack.

Sony RootKit Research Blocked:

Between 2005 and 2007, over 562,000 computers were infected by a rootkit distributed on Sony-BMG CDs. Security researchers at Princeton University were unable to publish their results because of the DMCA’s restrictions.

TI-83 Calculator Modders Threatened:

In 2009, Texas Instruments threatened three bloggers with legal action after they posted about a hobbyists success in reverse-engineering aTI-83 Plus graphing calculator to run a different operating system.

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Phone unlocking lawsuits:

Phone unlockers have repeatedly been sued under the DMCA’s anti-circumvention provision. An exemption for unlocking was removed by the Librarian of Congress last year, sparking a massive petition to the White House.

Xbox Security Research Stifled

Wiley refused to publish a book written by security researcher Andrew Huang about security flaws in the XBox gaming system. Wiley feared that the book might be treated as an “anti-circumvention device” under the DMCA.