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Why DMCA Rulemaking Is an Unsustainable Garbage Train
Jay Radcliffe is a security researcher with diabetes. In 2011, he gave a talk at Black Hat, showing how his personal insulin pump could be hacked—with potentially deadly consequences. As a result of his 2011 presentation, he worked with the Department of Homeland Security and the Food and Drug Administration to address security vulnerabilities in insulin pumps.
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Why can't they include some exemption for the research institutes based on grants? Most apply for grants, and it seems like you could include a section in a tech grant granting a dmca exception for that one researcher doing specific research, given that the grant application includes the research question.