Depressingly good article on DMCA, etc.

http://chronicle.com/free/v48/i47/47b00701.htm

  Since 1998, the DMCA has revealed itself to be a failure. It has not
  been effective at preventing piracy in cyberspace, yet it has managed
  to stifle harmless and even beneficial uses of material for research
  and teaching.

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