Comment Re:Astonishing (Score 1) 119
the DMCA has implications that reach far beyond music and the RIAA, such as the well known DVD/DeCSS issues with the MPAA and newer issues such as the related proposed SSSCA.
now seems as good a time as ever to propose changes to the DMCA, before its implications become accepted by most of society. similarly, while it is generally viewed that the SSSCA will not pass in its current form, it is also believed by many (and probably rightly so) that a future variation of it will surface again. this is unacceptable. something needs to be done to protect the right to develop software, to write and release music and books, and to distribute artwork, or there will be little free speech left in the US save what is officially sanctioned, and essentially censored.
nearly 3 full albums of free music, downloadable without registration, advertisement free, and RIAA untouched... complete with print resolution artwork -- homepage at www.earth2willi.com
now seems as good a time as ever to propose changes to the DMCA, before its implications become accepted by most of society. similarly, while it is generally viewed that the SSSCA will not pass in its current form, it is also believed by many (and probably rightly so) that a future variation of it will surface again. this is unacceptable. something needs to be done to protect the right to develop software, to write and release music and books, and to distribute artwork, or there will be little free speech left in the US save what is officially sanctioned, and essentially censored.
nearly 3 full albums of free music, downloadable without registration, advertisement free, and RIAA untouched... complete with print resolution artwork -- homepage at www.earth2willi.com
