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U.S. Representatives Argues Against DMCA
posted by mpawlo on Thursday June 17, @10:15AM
from the free-use dept.
Copyright Wired reports that U.S. representatives are worried that the Digital Millenium Copyright Act has criminalized otherwise innocent activities, such as making a personal copy of a purchased CD, or trying to get a DVD to play on a Linux computer. Therefore, the representative are backing a bill that would overturn major portions of the DMCA, allowing people to copy CDs and DVDs more freely.

Read more in Wired.

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