DMCA can't be used to sidestep First Amendment, court rules

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Anonymous speech protections apply online too, and copyright can't diminish that
It's been a good week for free speech advocates as a judge ruled that copyright law cannot be used to circumvent First Amendment anonymity protections.…
The decision from the US District Court for the Northern District of California overturns a previous ruling that compelled Twitter to unmask an anonymous user accused of violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
Source: Brandon Vigliarolo, the Register

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