Jailbreaking of phones was already legal according to the DMCA. However, according to this revised law, phones cannot be jailbroken anymore without the permission of the carrier.

An automated tool is being allowed to determine the fate of popular websites. There should be some accountability involved in DMCA takedowns, as this automated DMCA takedown ecosystem is clearly killing the Internet.

A new bill in Canada has legalized bypassing of DRM and has created loopholes which can be easily exploited to create legalized copies of protected material.

Dtecnet, a company working with the Irma has decided to provide Irma with a list of 50 IP addresses per week over three months. Those found guilty will be issued appropriate warnings.

Brazil is changing it’s DMCA style notice-and-takedown. A notice-and-takedown system will be hugely revised so as to safeguard third parties content.