Liability risks for ISPs were too great before 512. Remembers negotiating this provision. Dialogue, hard work, and consensus should be
a pattern for the future. This provision was incredibly important for the
online environment today.
Anticircumvention: written to address “digital lock-picking tools” to
guard against theft. Every retail business locks the front door. Businesses online reasonably argued that they
needed digital locks to protect their goods. However, it’s easier online to
create and circulate lockpicking tools, so Title I was meant to apply digitally
what applies in the analog world. Nothing forces companies to use digital
locks, and sometimes overemphasized protecting products over satisfying
consumer desires for easy-to-use products. Most companies have realized that
annoying customers isn’t a way to grow your business. Title I gives businesses
a choice, as consumers have a choice, to spend their money. If you think a
product is overprotected, don’t buy it.
Cellphone unlocking: not at the heart of the debate over the
DMCA. Given constituent interest, legislation has been introduced to reset the
process so that the Copyright Office can take a second look. (Why will it say something different this
time? Your guess is as good as mine!)
(Fred von Lohmann points out that VLC, on which this video
was played, has an unlicensed DVD decrypter on it. And also is an excellent video player
generally!)
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