Are Reforms to Section 1201 Needed and Warranted? Testimony Before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property

11 Pages Posted: 22 Sep 2020 Last revised: 22 Sep 2020

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Blake E. Reid

University of Colorado Law School; University of Colorado at Boulder - Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship

Date Written: September 16, 2020

Abstract

This testimony recounts:
1. The wide array of ordinary people affected by Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act in their efforts to engage in noninfringing activities;
2. The chilling, burdensome nature of the regulatory process with which they must engage in the triennial review; and
3. Suggested approaches to reforming Section 1201.

Suggested Citation

Reid, Blake Ellis, Are Reforms to Section 1201 Needed and Warranted? Testimony Before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property (September 16, 2020). U of Colorado Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 20-48, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3694085 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3694085

Blake Ellis Reid (Contact Author)

University of Colorado Law School ( email )

Boulder, CO
United States

University of Colorado at Boulder - Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship ( email )

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