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EFF: Unintended Consequences - Twelve Years Under the DMCA

EFF: Unintended Consequences - Twelve Years Under the DMCA

Posted Mar 4, 2010 18:09 UTC (Thu) by dunlapg (subscriber, #57764)
In reply to: EFF: Unintended Consequences - Twelve Years Under the DMCA by smadu2
Parent article: EFF: Unintended Consequences - Twelve Years Under the DMCA

Yes, and the report isn't complaining that Apple is locking people in. I'm
sure that the EFF disapproves of that practice, but that's not the point.
The point is that that Apple is USING THE DMCA to lock people in, which has
absolutely nothing to do with what the law was written to do. Therefore the
DMCA is a bad law and needs to be revised.


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EFF: Unintended Consequences - Twelve Years Under the DMCA

Posted Mar 4, 2010 19:16 UTC (Thu) by smadu2 (subscriber, #54943) [Link]

Got it thanks, Apple *abusing* DMCA to force people not circumvent lock-in (which is itself is OK legally).

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