The DMCA is very much a shitfest designed to serve large companies with boatloads of IP. The takedown notice procedure negates the benefits of "safe harbor", wh

The DMCA is very much a shitfest designed to serve large companies with boatloads of IP. The takedown notice procedure negates the benefits of "safe harbor", which has been pretty thoroughly weakened in other laws and rulings as well, but the harms of it are miniscule compared to the anti-circumvention sections, which has reshaped practically the entire economy to serve corporate power in a way that not only disadvantages, but often actively harms most individuals, especially if you believe that loss of freedom or livelihood is a harm