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EFF Report: Four Years Under the DMCA

Posted by chrisd on from the many-more-years-to-go dept.

kylus writes "The EFF has a pretty nice article entitled "Unintended Consequences." Basically, it reviews the last four years of life under the law, and how use of the "anti-circumvention" clauses have been used to stifle innovation, censor free speech, and threaten academic/scientific research. It ends with a conclusion most on /. have been dicussing for ages: "Four years of experience with the "anti-circumvention" provisions of the DMCA demonstrate that the statute reaches too far, chilling a wide variety of legitimate activities in ways Congress did not intend."" You've joined the EFF, right?

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  1. Looks familiar... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    Anyone else...?

    And really, folks, does the gratuitous solicitation really belong in a headline writeup?

    I think next time I submit an article, I'm going to encourage people to join NAMbLA.

  2. The EFF is... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    ...The ACLU of the Internet (and that's not a compliment).

    If these hippie fascists weren't so busy protecting pedophiles and terrorists, they could really be a force for good.

    Alas.

    -- Yours truly, XP4ME !

  3. You've joined the EFF? Hell No by jeramybsmith · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    DMCA fighting aside, I saw some serious FUD from the EFF about the patriot act and other legislation. I would like to see a less political group to send my money to. I want my money to go to good causes and not red herrings.

    --
    Never overestimate the end user. -jeramy b. smith