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The primary purpose of the DMCA was (and, I suppose, still is) to criminalize technology that circumvents access control protecting copyrighted works. There's a
by wlonkly 3y ago
The primary purpose of the DMCA was (and, I suppose, still is) to criminalize technology that circumvents access control protecting copyrighted works. There's also the part about takedowns, but circumvention was definitely the big issue when it was made into law.
Remember DeCSS? https://cs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts/cs201/projects/1999-00/dvd-css/lawsuits.htm https://cs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts/cs201/projects/1999-...