Comments on: Is DMCA Outdated?

By: Jordan McCollum

Jordan McCollum — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:07:53 +0000

That’s a joke, right? Because in the America I live in, presidents have almost nothing to do with lawmaking (or, GASP, regulating the economy!), and the current president has used the veto power less frequently than any president in the last eighty years—you have to go back to Warren G. Harding to beat him, and Harding was only in office for two years.

By: Symbian

Symbian — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:15:14 +0000

DMCA could be updated only with Obama as President. Symbian's last blog post..Nokia S60 Symbian Windows Live client available in Europe

By: Dark Side

Dark Side — Thu, 29 May 2008 10:20:28 +0000

DCMA and other kinds of laws will always be slightly outdated, but this is due to the fact that most of them come intoexistence as reaction to a problem and not as a solution to prevent future exploits. If laws were meant to prevent the construction of the whole legal system wopuld be different.

By: Janet

Janet — Thu, 29 May 2008 08:08:46 +0000

There is no doubt the DMCA needs an upgrade but so do a lot of laws concerning the internet and copyright as well and I hope they all get updated real soon. Janet's last blog post..Salt water as fuel

By: Samirb

Samirb — Thu, 29 May 2008 04:39:33 +0000

I like this post and you make great points. I don't believe copyright law should be scraped, but I think that corporations like Viacom should be more adaptable. Do they really think that by suing Google a lot will happen? The Internet and technology will always adapt to make sharing information easier, and Viacom should understand that monetizing the sharing would make more sense than fighting change. There's a quote from "The Pirate Bay" founders where they said that they don't understand why Hollywood and Viacom didn't start their own torrent site, and that if they did the Hollywood torrent site would put all the other torrent sites out of business. Samirb's last blog post..Blogger Goodwill Day

By: Our Monmouth

Our Monmouth — Thu, 29 May 2008 00:18:58 +0000

Jordan- great post. It was really timely you made the comment "Oddly enough, I don’t hear many people making this argument about blog scrapers…" This morning I made that very comment in response to Andy's "Google Turning Into the NRA with its “Right to Share Video” Argument" post. The difference between a typical blogger and Viacom is they have the financial means (lawyers $$$,$$$) and a strong argument to prove damages. That doesn't mean I should not be entitled to the same copyright infringement protection. Our Monmouth's last blog post..Google Fights for the Right to Party (Hide Its Privacy Policy)