DMCA Doesn't Protect Garage Door Remotes: "A federal judge in Illinois has ruled that a univeral remote garage door opener does not violate the DMCA. 'Consumers have a reasonable expectation that they can replace the original product with a competing universal product without violating federal law,' Judge Rebecca M. Pallmeyer said. 'This was an attempt to expand the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to where it had never gone before,' said Andrea B. Greene, attorney for privately held Skylink, the manufacture of the garage door opener in question. '[This is] very good news for consumers.' Additional coverage at Wired and Security Focus."