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EFF Reviews 5 Years Under The DMCA

Posted by timothy on from the an-icy-wind dept.

briaydemir writes "The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has a new report, Unintended Consequences: Five Years under the DMCA, detailing how the DMCA has stiffled competition, innovation, scientific research, and fair use. The original news release is here, and the report is also available as a PDF. Check it out if you want a good summary of all the DMCA cases over the past five years."

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  1. Re:Excessive punishments by CausticWindow · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Haha.. yes. A very good argument, indeed.

    The ass pounding sentence should possibly be reserved for shoplifters?

    Your legal system is a sham. A very bad joke. Please don't rationalise it by suggesting marginal reforms like that.

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  2. Re:The law written by marketing idiots by CausticWindow · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Are you surprised?

    You live in a country where laws like the P.A.T.R.I.O.T. act is not only accepted for it's contents, but also for it's name.

    I'm not aghast by the fact that "terrorists" wants to see you and your family dead.

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  3. Re:Laws not thought out... by CausticWindow · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Was that a "knee-jerk" reaction?

    Every time someone questions US policies, Iraq is brought up?

    "We might have some severely fucked up copyright law, but we sure showed those fucking sandniggers!"

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  4. Re:Laws not thought out... by CausticWindow · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It might have been (but it was not specifically).

    Then again, it might have been about any number of US transgressions the last hundred years. Read some history.

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