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Debunking (some) DMCA Myths
An anonymous reader writes "C|Net's News.com is running an article under their Perspectives section about some of the myth and hype surrounding the DMCA. The author talks about how the EFF is exaggerating the danger from the DMCA. The author mentions that although "the DMCA is both an egregious law and a brazen power grab by Hollywood, the music industry and software companies", groups like the EFF are not much better, engaging in "fear-mongering" and scare tactics to increase opposition."
You go to hell, you go to hell and you die. Information wants to be free as in beer man. Linus lives!!
"For a successful technology, honesty must take precedence over public relations for nature cannot be fooled." -Feynman
Thank God some semi-mainstream media have grown the balls to come right out and oppose the FUD.
So if a known murderer is arrested while he happens to be giving a speech about how to shoot guns, we should repeals murder laws?
That makes me a customer. We are programmed to be consumers. What do consumers do? They consume, that is all. That is what we are to most big companies. Contrary to what they would have you believe, they don't care about you or your family, what your needs are, what you think of their product. Now go off and consume something, like a good little brainwashed drone.
My beliefs do not require that you agree with them.
the DMCA simply intimidates people from doing research (legal or non) and what not.
You're joking, right? DeCSS was not used for research. Neither was AEBEX. They were both products created with the primary purpose of circumventing copyright protection systems.