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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. Alternate interpretations of DMCA by nacturation · · Score: 2, Redundant
    In an effort to discredit the DMCA, how about looking for ways that it can be misused? Here's a few examples:
    • Crowbars should be declared circumvention devices and be banned, since they can be used to pry open a door which is protecting copyrighted material
    • Airport x-ray devices can be used to see through solid materials and discover copyrighted materials within a briefcase, for example. Thus, x-ray devices circumvent a protection mechanism.
    Any others?
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  2. Re:Steinway left Germany and came to America by Cyno01 · · Score: 1, Redundant
    "Fuck this shit" (Well, the German equivilent actually)
    That would be "Bumsen diese ScheiBe".

    no the "B" isn't a typo, /. doesn't support such things as a scharfes, but in translation it makes a double s ("ss") sound

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