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Oct. 30, 2015

Documentary filmmakers' DMCA exemptions expanded

Documentary filmmakers now have better access to high definition fair use content after the most recent changes to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which were announced Tuesday.

By Ashley Cullins
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Documentary filmmakers will have better access to high-definition fair use content after the most recent changes to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which were announced Tuesday.

The U.S. Copyright Office has expanded DMCA exemptions to allow access to content on Blu-ray discs. Previously the act of circumventing a technological measure that controls access to a copyrighted work on a Bl...

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