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So, has the law changed? What's its impact today?

• DanBC 9y ago
  DMCA (and similar in other countries) is still in force. It's still enforced, but selectively. The UK has an approach which is almost sensible, but ends up being stupid. IP holders have rights to protection from illegal copying, and that's why law about circumvention of technological measure was introduced. Consumers also have rights to make copies in some situations, and those rights need to be protected. So consumers can ask the rights-holders for an exception, and can then go to the secretary of state if the IP holder declines to provide an exception. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/technological-protection-measures-tpms-complaints-process https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/technological-pro... https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/448277/Guidance_on_the_Technological_Protection_Measures_TMPs_Complaints_Proces....pdf https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachm...