DMCA defenders in enemy territory (News.com)
[Posted August 3, 2002 by ris]
News.com
reports that the
DMCA seems to be falling out of favor with some of its former backers.
"
Lofgren, who introduced the panel, said the DMCA has had
unintended consequences. She said she signed off on the law because she
was convinced it would be applied narrowly to prevent piracy, but instead
it has been used to thwart technological development. "I think we have
had a very wide set of anti-technology rules emerging from the courts,"
she said."
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