Later this year, the court is expected to decide whether another part of the act, Section 5, is constitutional.
Challenge your local officer to recite the legal requirements for a host of policing activities and they will undoubtedly be able to rattle off the act, section, and content with little effort.
To keep Hollywood happy, language was included in the act (Section 1201) that made it illegal for anyone to "circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this title".
The legal issue turns on two main parts of the act: Section Five, which covers jurisdictions with a history of discrimination, and Section Two, which covers the entire country.
The Standards section of the Act (Section 9) directs official publishers of electronic legal material to consider developing standards and best practices as they choose and to implement methods for the authentication, preservation, and permanent access of electronic records.
If an online company complied promptly, the threat of litigation was withdrawn.To keep Hollywood happy, language was included in the act (section 1201) that made it illegal for anyone to "circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this title".
