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

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.