Jari Ketola
27 Mar 2003 13:41
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act clearly isn't enough for MPAA. ISPs have told MPAA that they can't always determine the activities of their customers. That's why MPAA is currently lobbying for a "super-DMCA", which would ban users from hiding their activities from the ISP (and MPAA).
Sounds fair enough? Think again. The proposed bill would outlaw for example firewalls, routers, and even email encryption. MPAAs wording on the proposed bill is so vague, that the results of a super-DMCA law being passed would be disastrous. Super-DMCA efforts seem to bee afoot atleast in Texas, Massachusetts, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Alaska, Tennessee, and Colorado.
Read more on the topic at Reason.com