Liability risks for ISPs were too great before 512. Remembers negotiating this provision. Dialogue, hard work, and consensus should bea pattern for the future. This provision was incredibly important for theonline environment today. Anticircumvention: written to address “digital lock-picking tools” toguard against theft. Every retail business locks the front door. Businesses online reasonably argued that theyneeded digital locks to protect their goods. However, it’s easier online tocreate and circulate lockpicking tools, so Title I was meant to apply digitallywhat applies in the analog world. Nothing forces companies to use digitallocks, and sometimes overemphasized protecting products over satisfyingconsumer desires for easy-to-use products. Most companies have realized thatannoying customers isn’t a way to grow your business. Title I gives businessesa choice, as consumers have a choice, to spend their money. If you think aproduct is overprotected, don’t buy it.
Cellphone unlocking: not at the heart of the debate over theDMCA. Given constituent interest, legislation has been introduced to reset theprocess so that the Copyright Office can take a second look. (Why will it say something different thistime? Your guess is as good as mine!)
(Fred von Lohmann points out that VLC, on which this videowas played, has an unlicensed DVD decrypter on it. And also is an excellent video playergenerally!)
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