> You have to look at the DMCA as a system. I do? I was approaching this thread as being about the correctness of IP rights as a concept. Again, I'm not disput

> You have to look at the DMCA as a system. I do? I was approaching this thread as being about the correctness of IP rights as a concept. Again, I'm not disputing the defects of the DMCA, only the use of DMCA abuse to imply that the whole concept of copyright is inherently flawed. (As it happens, I don't even live in the US, so the DMCA doesn't apply to me). > The bias in copyright law as a whole is towards the rightsholder In its current US (and EU) implementations, sure. But unless you're saying the existence of copyright as a property right itself is the bias (in which case 'unbiased copyright law' would be an oxymoron), that's an implementation issue.