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:All aboard. by jcr · 2006-03-21 15:15 · Score: 1, Troll

So you have chosed to follow a facist track then a socialist one. Congratulations.

You pinkos are so *cute* when you pretend that fascism isn't just another flavor of socialism.

-jcr

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The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."