[free-sklyarov] DMCA Children's Games

[Xcott Craver]

On Sat, 28 Jul 2001, James S. Huggins (Free Sklyarov) wrote:

> What if public libraries were outlawed?

	It might be good to point out that there is an ongoing
	effort to restrict libraries today.

	As I mentioned before, I tell laypeople about the DMCA by first
	telling them what it effectively does, something that matters
	to them, and then get into the technical guts later, e.g.,
	"There's a new law on the books that criminalizes consumer product
	testing in certain situations involving computers.  It does this
	by etc etc."

	I like your analogy to a public beach, and would suggest a similar
	analogy to the listener's own house.  We are talking about a book
	that is mostly your own property, after all:  what if someone
	put a gate around your own house and charged you admission to
	enter?  And could actually have you arrested for breaking and
	entering, into your own property, if you find a way past?  _Zat_
	is ze DMCA!
							-S