DMCA Invoked Against Garage Door Openers 563
boijames writes "In the latest bit of DMCA lunacy, copyright guru David Nimmer turned me
onto a case that his firm is defending, where a garage door opener
company (The Chamberlain Group) has leveled a DMCA claim (among other
claims) against the maker of universal garage door remotes (Skylink)."
fp (Score:1, Funny)
This is obvious (Score:5, Funny)
Boom boom
IN SOVIET RUSSIA (Score:5, Funny)
Oh how the tables have turned
Re:fp (Score:2, Funny)
HAND? (Score:2, Funny)
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"Observation collapsed the wave function of the experimental subject to a deceased state" - Schroedinger
Who needs a universal garage door remote, anyway? (Score:2, Funny)
What did they do, lose the REAL garage door opener in the couch?
I mean, really - LOOK IN YOUR CAR.Or was it that lugging around all the remotes for the ever present seven car garage was getting tiresome?
Re:Sure, you can have guns... (Score:3, Funny)
Dihydrogen Monoxide kills more people per year than any other chemical.
Re:This is good (Score:5, Funny)
I think that some day you'll have to pay a tax for saying "Mickey".
That's just taking the mick... er... piss! I meant to say "piss" (well, assuming that doesn't get me sued by the brewers of Fosters).
I know what Slashdotters are afraid of loosing :-) (Score:4, Funny)
Hmm... Anyway, I think I got the message, thanks for your comparisons.
I wouldn't be surprised... [slashdot.org]
If universal tv remote manufacturers are next on the list to be hit by the DMCA
Universal Remotes [slashdot.org]
Well I guess Universal remotes are next.
This sux
Is the DMCA retroactive? [slashdot.org]
-snip- I guess the next thing on the list is el-cheapo TV remotes being removed from the market
What's next? [slashdot.org]
Banning universal TV remote controls?
Does this make my palm pilot illegial? [slashdot.org]
I can use my palm pilot as a TV remote, is this illegial too now?
Don't foget (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Welcome to America (Score:3, Funny)
"...Guess who funded the training...? That's right - we, the US..."
There the Yanks go again...America's great yadda, yadda. "Us Americans did this", "Us Americans did that".
Hey, us Brits also had a hand in the supplying of arms so we're also grea...oh bugger.
;-)
Re:The complaints are contradictory (Score:2, Funny)
AKA "Helmsdeep"?
Re:Straw man? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:All Your Base Indeed... (Score:4, Funny)
I beleive that contempt of court charges can also be applied in a case where someone brings a case before a judge and the judge is forced to publicly laugh at their stupidity.
No... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:This is obvious (Score:1, Funny)
I think it's going to have its ups and downs. Skylink's chances are pretty remote. These kinds of cases really push my buttons because they could signal the future for the DMCA's lawsuits.
Buh-da-bum-buh-da-bum-bum-schtingggg!!!!