Not only the public is getting fed up with the DMCA. Consumer electronic makers are joining the fight. Now they admit that supporting the law was a big mistake. They especially oppose to the fact that the law is killing technological development. Also the spreading of information is in danger.
"The DMCA was a very flawed law," CEA President Gary Shapiro said. "We signed off on it, and it was a huge mistake."
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.
This doesn't come like a real surprise. While the music and movie business have sold less, the manufacturers of storage media like CD-writers have gained huge profits the last years. Not a clash of civilizations, but of industries.
But for us, the consumer, this is of course good news. If more people support the opposition against this law, politicians might alter or even drop it. We will continue to follow this case closely. Here is the complete article.
Source: ZDNet
