Re:We never fought together, we never should (Score 1)

I registered to comment about the DMCA. You guys talk like it's the devil, but it really helps me out. I'm an author. People copy my work -all- the time. Many of them copy my work, then try and sell it as their own. Not only are they infringing on my work, but they're ruining my 'brand'. This tends to piss me off. With the DMCA I can threaten their ISP, get my work removed, and get on with my life. Without it, I'd have a lengthy process of getting the offending material removed and suffer even more damages waiting for the results. On the other side of the coin, I've been DMCA'ed by large companies (usually from a keyword search) which pretty much makes me powerless. I have to remove the work even if it doesn't infringe on their copyrights. So for me, DMCA works and works well. For large corporations, they tend to use it to bully me around (I write unofficial strategy guides for games -- and that makes them angry.)