Rodent Regatta

WHAT IT PERMITS VS. WHAT WE IMAGINE IT PERMITS?
Debunking DMCA myths – Declan McCullagh – c|net – The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) has a lot of implications for all of us that create intellectual property, both software creators like MM, and users like you. While we have heard some rather dire predictions from open source and computing freedom advocates, sometimes the claims they make regarding the content of the law are not 100% correct. McCullagh argues that by using hyperbole and scare tactics to motivate people to oppose the DMCA, the opponents may be doing themselves a dis-service by sacrificing their credibility. What do you think? If you oppose the DMCA, do you know what is really in there? [Matt Brown’s Dreamweaver Blog]