CATO Institute Releases Paper Criticizing DMCA

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday March 21, 2006 @10:19AM from the keep-saying-it-and-people-might-start-listening dept.

flanksteak writes "The CATO institute has published a paper criticizing the DMCA entitled 'The Perverse Consequences of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.' From the article: 'The DMCA is anti-competitive. It gives copyright holders--and the technology companies that distribute their content--the legal power to create closed technology platforms and exclude competitors from interoperating with them. Worst of all, DRM technologies are clumsy and ineffective; they inconvenience legitimate users but do little to stop pirates.'" A report worth taking a look at that puts into words what most of us know already.

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Re:My comments... by ShawnDoc · 2006-03-21 11:34 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Ha! Ha! You got 0wned by a Fark cliche!!!!111!
Re:hehe by mbourgon · 2006-03-21 12:30 · Score: 0, Flamebait

God bless the National Proletariat Radio!

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