Not only does the Digital Millennium Copyright Act turn recording industry execs into cops and jurists, and empower them to place in jail those who develop reading technologies for the blind, and to stifle scientific debate through threats, but now declares competition in the garage door opener industry as unlawful circumvention (pdf link).
The judge found that making a universal garage door opener violates the DMCA.
The Skylink transmitter is designed to send a signal that mimics the Chamberlain resynchronization procedure and thereby circumvents Chamberlain’s protective measure.
No word yet on when raids of homes using universal television remotes will begin…