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Bruce Schneier: IoT + DMCA = More Monopolies, Limits On Consumer Choice (theatlantic.com)

Posted by timothy on from the everything-is-online dept.

New submitter OldMan17 writes: On Dec 24, while many of us were busy in a frenzy of commercial excess and socially-conditioned good cheer, The Atlantic published an article by Bruce Schneier predicting that the IoT will be abused in conjunction with DMCA to make our lives worse instead of better. Some of the precedents he cites are old news, but I expect we will have a lively debate in the comments as to whether the over-arching conclusion is justified by his arguments. When everything is online, laws made for "the internet" suddenly apply to everything.

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  1. The Internet of Things is Stupid (IOTIS) by mbone · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The Internet of Things (IOT) is being driven by commercial interests that are more interesting in spying (known in commercial circles as marketing) and in control. Benefits will accrue, but they will not accrue to the people paying for the gear, which makes the IOT value subtracting for the average citizen.

  2. It will blow back in their faces by MikeRT · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Most people don't want nuance on the extent they own the goods they buy. This horse shit about you owning the physical properties, but licensing the software that is essential to its function is going to drive a deeper wedge between the public and IP than the corporate sector realizes. When your property rights become antithetical to mine, guess whose rights I'm going to choose...