After reading statements made by U.S. Register of Copyrights Marybeth Peters it shouldn't surprise anyone to find out that she's a self described luddite who doesn't even have a computer at home. Short of being in a coma since the law went into effect in 1998, that's the only explanation for saying "I think it did what it was supposed to do," which is what she recently told an audience ... [ read the full article ]
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Quote:"I think it did what it was supposed to do,"
Well, in an odd way, she's right. The DMCA was never about protecting copyrighted works, but it's purpose was to criminalize legitimate activities involving copyrighted material. I bet that's not what she was thinking when she said that though.
great guilty untill proven innocent thats exactly what the founding fathers intened right? reminds of antoher great folly in american history, if you float your a witch and if you sink your not.
Actually the DMCA has one bit in it which is wonderful..
"it is illegal to attempt to break any encryptions"
Splendid.. so we can hack away at every encrypted file we see, and when we break it we keep it to ourselves and have access to all kinds of confidential data which the owners think is secure because it is illegal to attempt to break it, and nobody will ever dare to tell them how insecure the encryption is.. What a superb idea. /me likes very much.
the fact is that u get companies to police tech industry that have no idea abot I.T. so go figure why they are shooting themsleves in the foot once again :)
