Comments on: DRM, the DMCA, and IP as Property http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cmusings/2004/09/16/drm-the-dmca-and-ip-as-property/ by Derek Slater Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:07:35 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: joe http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cmusings/2004/09/16/drm-the-dmca-and-ip-as-property/comment-page-1/#comment-4581 joe Fri, 17 Sep 2004 18:05:52 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cmusings/2004/09/16/drm-the-dmca-and-ip-as-property/#comment-4581 <a></a> It would seem that the most harmful effect of DRM+DMCA is that people, in the long run, will start to become accustomed to not being able to make fair uses. That, coupled with the sophisticated users ability to self-help and even release un-DRM'd works on p2p networks, seems to trivialize DRM... even in the speed bump sense. A compulsory or voluntary license regime seems so vastly more beneficial for all, no?

It would seem that the most harmful effect of DRM+DMCA is that people, in the long run, will start to become accustomed to not being able to make fair uses. That, coupled with the sophisticated users ability to self-help and even release un-DRM’d works on p2p networks, seems to trivialize DRM… even in the speed bump sense.

A compulsory or voluntary license regime seems so vastly more beneficial for all, no?

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