Comment Re:The notion of "Digital Rights" is ridiculous (Score 1) 151
The fact that things can be copied and transferred into different formats more easily and without loss of accuracy is not a concern for anyone except content peddlers.
It could be a concern because it can be argued that there is no "seizure" involved in perfectly replicating a digital object. Therefore, any digital records can be taken by the government as long as the original is unaltered without violating the 4th Amendment to the US Constitution.
Personally, I think that argument is a load of crap, but that doesn't mean courts won't accept it. If the Constitution were fully media-agnostic, it would take into consideration perfect replication of digital objects the same way it does limited-quantity analog objects. The issue isn't necessarily enshrining new digital rights but ensuring that the rights applied to the analog world are still protected when something goes digital.