[nylug-talk] the DMCA is not all bad

[mike castleman]

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On Thu, May 01, 2003 at 08:07:14PM -0400, alex at pilosoft.com wrote:
> DMCA's notice-and-takedown provisions 
> provide a excellent weapon against the thiefs, and should not be subject 
> to the same treatment as DMCA's anti-circumvention provisions (which are 
> far more controversial).

The notice-and-takedown provisions, are, indeed, perhaps not as
pure-evil as the anto-circumvention provisions. But, still, they are far
from ideal.

A better solution would be to grant ISPs "common-carrier" status, so
that they are not liable for the information that flows across their
wires. Telephone companies have this, and the world has not come to an 
end as a result.

mike

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