EFF Report: Four Years Under the DMCA

Posted by chrisd on Sunday January 12, 2003 @02:14AM 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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RIAA Changes Its Mind by dduardo · 2003-01-12 02:42 · Score: 5, Funny

if you go HERE it would seeem that the RIAA has changed its mind. This article is more likely bogus since the RIAA was hacked again yesterday and can be seen HERE. Its still very funny to read.
Re:Maybe by FFFish · 2003-01-12 05:18 · Score: 4, Funny

I'm fairly certain that immediately beyond his nose is the interior of his rectal cavity.

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Re:What every /.-er should know about the DMCA by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-12 08:45 · Score: 1, Funny

Uhh, I don't get it. You say the DMCA is needed to protect copyrights and then you say they are bad.

Please make up your mind.