A bill in Congress legalizes cell phone unlocking and fixes the DMCA
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Re: A bill in Congress legalizes cell phone unlocking and fixes the DMCA
#2It would be nice if the Digital Millennium Copyright Act only applied to Copyright violations.
Re: A bill in Congress legalizes cell phone unlocking and fixes the DMCA
#3Email Sent.
Re: A bill in Congress legalizes cell phone unlocking and fixes the DMCA
#4If you want this to pass, don't sign the petition, and don't email or write your congresscritter. Call them. Interact with a human being in their office. Anecdotally, that has a much greater impact.
(Source: my cousin and his wife were congressional staffers for several years.)
Re: A bill in Congress legalizes cell phone unlocking and fixes the DMCA
#5If someone has information that they only want certain people to see, would circumventing a technological measure that controls access to that information be allowed under this bill? For example, internal documents, trade secrets and documents under NDAs?
If someone has information they only want licensed people to see, would circumventing a technological measure that controls access to that information be allowed under this bill? For example, publishers of stock market analysis which is released only to licensed subscribers.
Re: A bill in Congress legalizes cell phone unlocking and fixes the DMCA
#6I was with fixthedmca and grassroots.io during StartupBus and Sina works at the same office with me — the cause is important and the new design is very good!
Re: A bill in Congress legalizes cell phone unlocking and fixes the DMCA
#7Equally important after signing the petition is sharing it on social networks; you know so that the effort gets amplified.
Re: A bill in Congress legalizes cell phone unlocking and fixes the DMCA
#8Now is a good time to show that people are capable at passing legislation instead of blocking it.
It's easier to enshrine rights in law than to oppose every iteration of PIPA and CISPA, every time they try to let it slip through unnoticed.
Re: A bill in Congress legalizes cell phone unlocking and fixes the DMCA
#9It would be nice if the Digital Millennium Copyright Act only applied to Copyright violations.
That would make sense, and it's analogous to the laws in some states where it's legal to own lockpicks and use them on locks you own, but if you get caught with them while breaking & entering, the lockpicks become illegal.
Re: A bill in Congress legalizes cell phone unlocking and fixes the DMCA
#10If someone has information that they only want certain people to see, would circumventing a technological measure that controls access to that information be allowed under this bill? For example, internal documents, trade secrets and documents under NDAs? If someone has information they only want licensed people to see, would circumventing a technological measure that controls access to that information be allowed un…
Why do you need the DMCA to protect these things?