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DMCA unintended consequences

The EFF has a beautifully written compendium, entitled EFF Unintended Consequences: Four Years under the DMCA, describing many of the ways in which large corporations have used the DMCA to threaten, harass and stifle people exercising their fair use rights under copyright law. The examples show how often the DMCA is used for anticompetitive purposes that have nothing do with copyrights as traditionally understood.

This is legal writing at its best. Clear exposition in readable English with numerous examples proving a point: Congress and the Courts went too far with the DMCA. Recommended reading.

Tip o' the hat to Mike of Techdirt for the link.