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Developers argue to Ninth Circuit DMCA identicality requirement unfounded in statute

( April 9, 2025, 23:43 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: A purported class of developers argued in an interlocutory appeal brief to the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit that implementing a so-called "identicality requirement" for copyright management information in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act would harm copyright protections and is unfounded based on the statute's language. A California federal judge dismissed the developers' claims last year citing the requirement.See the brief attached....

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