NPR Reports On DMCA Ruling

Odinson writes "Funny how they announce this during election mayhem. How about a protest in DC with more than a few people this time. Here's the NPR coverage." Slashdot has mentioned this once or twice before, but it's interesting seeing the mainstream coverage, if NPR is mainstream.

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Man, the entertainment industry fights dirty

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I heard this bit on the radio when it was broadcast, and got too infuriated over it (thank goodness I was in a parking lot at the time). At one point, one of the lawyers for the enterment industry mentioned that they were all for making sure fair use rights were acknowledged, but when "they drafted the bill" (they as in the lawyers, NOT Congress), they thought it would be better to protect everything then come back later and fix it if things needed fixing with additional legislation in Congress. I would think that in a logical system based on our Bill of Rights, it would be better to pass minimal regulation, then as new situations and cases arose, to challenge them in the court of law or to pass additional regulations that are not sufficiently covered by the original. In other words, minimize how much the government is interacting or interfering with the consumers and corporates. But nooooo, the entertainment industry had nearly carte blanc with the DMCA, and while I'm sure they know they ultimately can't win with regards to fair use, they are trying their darnest to scare people into thinking they don't have this right.