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DMCA hammer comes down on tech service vendor



DMCA hammer comes down on tech service vendor

By Jason Schultz, Lawgeek, July 09, 2004
http://lawgeek.typepad.com/lawgeek/2004/07/dmca_hammer_com.html

"This just in: A district court in Boston has used the DMCA to grant a
preliminary injunction against a third party service vendor who tried to
fix StorageTek tape library backup systems for legitimate purchasers of
the system."

From: digital-copyright Digest 13 Jul 2004 15:00:00 -0000 Issue 395

Comment--Can refrigerators be far behind?? Or for libraries, who will be
"authorized" to fix those nifty combination pc/microform readers?

Chuck Hamaker
Associate University Librarian Collections and Technical Services
Atkins Library
University of North Carolina Charlotte
Charlotte, NC 28223
phone 704 687-2825