Government Expands Fair Use: Your New Freedoms

[JBeukema]

y bloggers and fair-use advocates are celebrating a federal ruling that gives individuals more freedom to manipulate copyrighted material and modify consumer products. On Monday, the U.S. Librarian of Congress ruled that "jailbreaking" smartphones and ripping DVDs for non-commercial purposes was legal. The ruling chipped away at the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which previously prohibited such activities. While a number of bloggers are explaining why this shift is crucial for the flourishing of creative behavior on the Internet, others are busy describing what this ruling allows individuals to do. First off, here are your new Internet freedoms:

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