CATO Institute Releases Paper Criticizing DMCA 418
flanksteak writes "The CATO institute has published a paper criticizing the DMCA entitled 'The Perverse Consequences of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.' From the article: 'The DMCA is anti-competitive. It gives copyright holders--and the technology companies that distribute their content--the legal power to create closed technology platforms and exclude competitors from interoperating with them. Worst of all, DRM technologies are clumsy and ineffective; they inconvenience legitimate users but do little to stop pirates.'" A report worth taking a look at that puts into words what most of us know already.
Re:Pirates (Score:5, Funny)
I agree. In fact, while we're busy insisting that words can't take on new meaning or have multiple meanings, I wish they'd stop referring to "executing" software unless they were killing it, or "running" it unless the softwere grew legs and ran away.
Re:CATO? (Score:5, Funny)
In related news, the CEO of Disney started channeling Peter Sellers earlier today, and was heard to say "Cato! You imbecile! Not now!" and "Cato... Cato... Where are you my little yellow friend?"
Re:hehe (Score:3, Funny)
Re:All aboard. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Pirates (Score:3, Funny)
That joke doesn't work when you use the right spelling. Remember, it's called "English", not "American".
Re:Pirates (Score:2, Funny)
But we YARRRRR pirates! I don't know about yerself, mate, but when I gets me music, I goes into the music store cutlass in hand, killing employees left and right before I make off with the latest Jessica Simpson!! Yarrr, she be a good-lookin' lass...if only I could plunder her.....
Re:All aboard. (Score:3, Funny)
I see you have chosen to skip English class.