Telepolis: The Internet Backlash - With a mixture of technological fixes and legal pressures, large institutions are trying extend copyright protection in order to regain control over the flows of information. By Felix Stalder. New Anti-Circumvention Rulemaking Coming Soon - "Copyright regulators are considering a rare public comment process on the controversial DMCA law." News and reader discussion. [Slashdot] The Register - Tech Giants Back Fair Use Bills - The IT industry's giants including Intel rally behind a bill announced by Congressman Rick Boucher to protect Fair Use in the wake of the DMCA. The Register - Congress Reps Launch Fightback on DRM Rights Erosion - Two US Congress representatives are this week raising the standard of rebellion against the entertainment business' use of Digital Rights Management and the DMCA to erode consumer rights. Topix: DMCA - News about the DMCA, collected from various sources on the web. Slashdot: US Copyright Office Releases DMCA Advisory Report - The US Copyright Office's congressionally-mandated advisory report on the effect of the DMCA is in, and at first glance it doesn't look too good. Register: Linux Update Withholds Security Information on DMCA Terror - "Citing a controversial U.S. copyright law, a top Linux developer announced this week that Americans would not be given details about the security fixes in an update to the open source operating system, a first for a software development community that prides itself on transparency." By Kevin Poulsen. Red Hat Fights the DMCA - "Red Hat has struck a small blow against the DMCA, by publishing a security patch which can only be explained fully to people who are not within US jurisdiction." By John Lettice. [Register USA] CNET News - Ruling Sounds Sour Note for Record Industry - A court decision hands a major setback to the RIAA's legal tactics for tracking down and suing alleged file traders. Upstart Seeks Court OK for DVD Copying - "In a pre-emptive strike to stave off the wrath of the movie industry, a small software company is asking a federal judge for permission to sell and market its product for copying DVDs." By Lisa M. Bowman. [CNet] CNet - Apple: Burn DVDs--and We'll Burn You - Article on Apple using the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to prevent its customers from burning DVDs on external drives using iDVD software. Security Warning Draws DMCA Threat - "Hewlett Packard has found a new club to use to pound researchers who unearth flaws in the company's software: the Digital Millennium Copyright Act." By Declan McCullagh. [CNET] On Trial: Digital Copyright Law - "The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit on Thursday in an attempt to overturn key portions of a controversial 1998 copyright law." By Declan McCullagh. [CNet] 321 Studios Plays It Safe Against the DMCA - "CNet reports on a request by 321 Studios to have it legally declared that their DVD Copy Plus software doesn't violate the DCMA." Reader discussion. [Slashdot] What Colleges and Universities Need to Know about the Digital Millennium Copyright Act - A practitioner's journal from 1999 which includes useful information relevant to the DMCA for colleges and/or universities.