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CATO Institute Releases Paper Criticizing DMCA

Posted by ryuzaki0 on 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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  1. Re:Pirates by InfiniteWisdom · · Score: 4, Funny

    I wish people would stop calling people who share software, pirates.
    I agree. In fact, while we're busy insisting that words can't take on new meaning or have multiple meanings, I wish they'd stop referring to "executing" software unless they were killing it, or "running" it unless the softwere grew legs and ran away.

  2. Re:CATO? by hotdiggitydawg · · Score: 5, Funny

    Cato is very important. He attacks when you least expect it, to keep your defences sharp. Unfortunately he usually winds up being beaten into submission.

    In related news, the CEO of Disney started channeling Peter Sellers earlier today, and was heard to say "Cato! You imbecile! Not now!" and "Cato... Cato... Where are you my little yellow friend?"

  3. Re:Pirates by MicktheMech · · Score: 3, Funny
    While we're at it, I hear there are people out there who spell things "colour" and "tyres". And the japanese use funny squiggles to spell those words!

    Human language: it's unambiguous and somewhat inefficient. Get over it.

    That joke doesn't work when you use the right spelling. Remember, it's called "English", not "American".