EFF Report: Four Years Under the DMCA

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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I didn't see the sky falling

[filmcritic]

And I still do not. Neither do you assholes. Most people who blather on and on about this DEAD AS A FUCKING DOORNAIL issue know nothing about it. Lookie here all you chicken littles: the world didn't end, the sky didn't fall, and your little linux machine is still running after 4 years under the iron fist rule of the DMCA. Only a linux moron would be so concerned over something like this because they have no software DVD decoders for linux. Why? Because no one wants to throw their money down the tubes creating one. Duh.