I think that in this case there is a conflic between the DMCA and fair
use. I can't make a personal copy (backup) of the music that I have
bought (supposedly allowed by copyright law) without bypassing copyright
protection schemes (prohibited under the DMCA). This has led to stupid
situations both legally (the possible legal conflict) and technological
(in this case, an easy way to bypass the anti-copying measures).
ml
On Fri, 2003-10-10 at 13:16, Dustin Puryear wrote:
> At 01:40 PM 10/10/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>
> > > Okay, this is getting stupid. I have called and written both Senators and
> > > our Congressmen about this in the past. I suggest everyone do it again.
> > > This thing is going to stay on the books as long as we don't whine enough
> > > about it to the right people. It's that simple.
> >
> >The latest news from /. says that they're backing down.
> >
> >http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2003/10/10/news/8797.shtml
> >
> >But, I agree, something's gotta be done about these stupid DMCA lawsuits.
> >I'm sure there is a /special/ place in hell for the fu^H^Hlaw makers who
> >cluelessly passed the DMCA.
>
> I don't know if the entire DMCA is bad law. However, there are portions
> that are notoriously dangerous to research and to basic rights of usage
> that we can all agree need to be fixed. Everyone should do their own
> research and then complain to their representatives if they don't like what
> they find. It's the only way things will change.
>
>
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