[Infowarrior] - Copyright Czar: DMCA Is A Good Law

[Richard Forno]

http://techdirt.com/articles/20070917/165119.shtml

Peters is a self-declared "Luddite" and admits that she doesn't even have a
computer at home. In other words, one of the people most responsible for
setting up the rules that impact copyright in a new digital age has almost
no clue how the market is changing thanks to new technologies. Combine that
with putting Hollywood's own politician in charge of the Congressional
committee that deals with copyright laws and guess what you get? It's
certainly not an approach to copyright that acknowledges what's actually
happening in the marketplace. Instead, it's an approach that focuses on
setting up artificial rules and barriers designed to enforce a business
model from two decades ago that has long since been made obsolete by new
technologies. And, in fact, the end result isn't even helping the very
industry she so thinks needs protecting. Instead, the old record labels that
rely on the DMCA are dying, and it's those who are embracing new business
models who are figuring out ways to profit and aren't screaming over the
threat of piracy.