A decade of the DMCA: keep the Safe Harbor, ditch the rest
Ten years ago this week, President Clinton (remember him?) signed the Digital Millennium Copyright Act into law. Ostensibly passed to bring US copyright law in line with World Intellectual Property Organization treaties, the law has had a variety of effects, some good, others obviously not. If there ha been any unambiguous impact of the law, it has been that it has provided a whole new venue for companies to file frivolous lawsuits that attempt to deny others the chance to communicate or engage in business.
