Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

ACLU Files New DMCA Challenge

Posted by michael on from the breakin-the-law-breakin-the-law dept.

joeblowme writes "Finally, someone is stepping up to the plate to challenge the DMCA. The ACLU is filing a lawsuit on behalf of a 22-year-old programmer claiming that the law hinders the ability to effectively test internet filtering software. The story can be found here at CNet. Hopefully this will lead to one victory in reducing the scope of the DMCA." The ACLU's press release is available, as is their complaint.

1 of 249 comments (clear)

  1. Re:ACLU is up to no good? - what? by Edmund+Blackadder · · Score: 1, Troll

    The reason why some people dont like the aclu boils down very simply to racism. Racism is still with us unfortunately.

    The ACLU's job usually involves protecting the weak, because:
    1. their civil liberties get infringed most often
    2. they usually cannot afford their own lawyers.

    Well the weak often end up being minorities. Of course that is not always true and many non whites have been protected by the aclu.

    But in any event their actions of protecting minorities irks a lot of people, especially after these actions have been duly lied about by various media.

    But you cannot blame it all on right wing media. Many people are racist, and thats it.