[free-sklyarov] AAP at it again - "DMCA essential to the future of E-Commerce"

[Xcott Craver]

On Fri, 21 Sep 2001, Larry Blunk wrote:

> Paint those who oppose the DMCA in broad strokes
> -- "an Internet culture which opposes the idea of ownership".

	I _am_ opposed to the kind of ownership made possible by the
	DMCA.  Namely, corporate ownership of my rights.

	It's pretty silly for someone to take what doesn't belong
	to them, and then gripe that people who complain are "opposed to
	the idea of ownership."  Hey, they stole our stuff fair and
	square!

> Use inept and false analogies -- "hacking through encryption ...
> is analogous to making keys to a bookstore or library and selling
> them to others so that they can go in after hours and help
> themselves".

	Yeah, they can make all the analogies to crime and criminals
	that they want, but they're still defending a law (and pushing
	a new one) aimed squarely at innocent people, not criminals.

	I'd be more impressed with actual evidence of an actual crime,
	rather than an analogy to a hypothetical crime.

							Xcott