FUCK all those acronyms.
Fuck the DMCA, fuck the RIAA, fuck the MPAA.
Fuck all that shit.
I’m linking to the boingboing post and not the EFF (of which I am a dues paying member) because of this quote:
” If there was ever an example of why the DMCA needs to die, this is it. The idea that a sixteen-digit number is illegal to possess, to discuss in class, or to post on a news site is offensive to a country where free speech is the first order of the Constitution. The MPAA and RIAA are conspiring to unmake America, to turn this into a country where free expression, due process, and the rule of law take a back-seat to a perpetual set of governmental handouts intended to guarantee the long-term profitability of a small handful of corrupt companies.”
Fuck that small handful of corrupt companies. For those of you keeping score, for the RIAA that’s Sony, EMI, BMG, Universal, and Warner and for the MPAA that’s Buena Vista (The Walt Disney Company), Sony, Paramount, 20th Century Fox, Universal Studios, and Warner Bros. Don’t let the acronym cloud your mind. Remember who it is that’s actually doing the fucking with these takedown notices…
And if you’re pissed off about this sort of thing, write your congressman or woman and throw a dollar or two to the EFF.
Boing Boing: EFF explains the law on AACS keys
This all, of course, ties into the “Digital Bastille Day*” over at Digg, which just made the New York Times…
*I’m not sure if it originated there, but it was referred to as such by a MeFi poster. I like it better than “Digital Boston Tea Party”, which I heard somewhere else, so that’s my phrase of choice…