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DMCA Comments HOWTO
pberry writes "As previously reported here on slashdot, the Copyright Office is looking for suggestions for new exemptions to the DMCA. The EFF has posted a nice HOWTO document to make your comments as effective as possible."
My main problem is that the DMCA lasts forever - ruining the whole point of copyrights, to provide incentive for people to work more on their product.
puts ("Python r0cks\n");
Not trying to troll here folks, but it's things like this that makes me glad I don't live in America sometimes. I wish you all godspeed towards an amicable resolution which benefits both copyright holders and consumers alike, even if the pessimist within me doesn't think that is extremely likely at this point. Kudos to the EFF for their efforts in this uphill battle.
Ok, the DMCA sucks monkey balls, we all know this. But rather than sit here and rant about it, try and find a good, specific example in your life that shows where something should be allow. The idea isn't to just sit and bash the DMCA, they are just going to shitcan your comment and you will have gained nothing. Personally, I have already found one item that I felt needed to be included with this ruling: DVD Region Encoding. I don't know if it is allowed or not, but considering that it is a technological measure which controls access to a copyrighted work, hacking my DVD player to ignore it just might be a crime under this law.
Sure, it took me the better part of an hour to craft what I thought was a good argument for the inclusion of circumvention of Region Encoding in this ruling. Luckily I didn't have to go far to find a concrete example, the "Futurama" DVDs. (Love the show, really want the DVDs. They were only released in the UK a.k.a. Region 2.)
My point is, if you have something you want to be able to hack, then get off your ass and go tell the people that are going to make the descion.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Laziness is the father.
Amen! Consumers can send a message to the record labels, and the whole entertainment cartel by not buying their products. Voting with our wallets works.
How ya like dat?