I’ve always been uncomfortable with the DMCA, for a number of reasons touched upon by this article. It seems that we’re laying the groundwork to give copyright holders absolute control over any and all forms of their copyrighted materials at the same time that we’re increasing the duration of copyrights. I think this is really eroding the initial purpose of copyright laws, being to give the creator of a work a limited period of time in which to have the sole opportunity to profit from the work, thereby providing incentive for such works to be created. In addition, the DMCA is worded so that any and all attempts to circumvent access controls on copyrighted material, even by the copyright holder, are illegal. Its like being able to be arrested and punished for breaking into your own house because you forgot your keys. The only solution? Mass riots and cop killing. (with a wink and a nudge, of course)