Archived Copyright Office Admits That DMCA Is More About Giving Hollywood 'Control' Than Stopping Infringement (techdirt.com)
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Archived Copyright Office Admits That DMCA Is More About Giving Hollywood 'Control' Than Stopping Infringement (techdirt.com)
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[–] Macdaddy5000 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago
I'm not worried about accessing their stupid drivel, suck on that, Hollywood.
[–] tribblepuncher ago (edited ago)
The problem is that this sort of thing is being used to slowly push more and more control on people. While you may not be directly impacted, you're going to have to give up more and more technology to avoid this, and have to buy used, older units to repair or replace existing stuff. Plus you don't have to be directly impacted, indirect results may get you as well, such as if Hollywood control schemes are used for censorship that dramatically alters elections.
This helps to establish both the technology, and more important, the legal framework, for this approach, particularly by gradually introducing it and getting people used to it. One rather macabre example seems to lie in the way control over PCs is slowly being ripped away from users with things like Windows 10.