Death by DMCA
Fred von Lohmann and Wendy Seltzer at IEEE Spectrum - an overview of the recording and movie industies' ongoing battle to make it impossible for consumers to copy music or video. [cafe]
Hollywood is good at telling stories. The one it has been screening in Washington--that music and movies will perish if the regulators don't kill the dangerous gizmos first--is powerful drama but has about as much basis in reality as Lord of the Rings. Killing off gizmos and subjecting technological development to the whims of federal regulators will ultimately hurt not just consumers but also tomorrow's creative industries--both technology and entertainment.
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