The DMCA is being used to silence researchers, computer scientists and critics.
Corporations are using it against the public. Public/College radio stations can no longer afford to webcast.
France about to pass the an anti-DMCA law?
France is pushing through a law that would force Apple Computer Inc (Nasdaq:AAPL - news) to open its iTunes online music store and enable consumers to download songs onto devices other than the computer maker's popular iPod player.
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Under a draft law expected to be voted in parliament on Thursday, consumers would be able to legally use software that converts digital content into any format.
It would no longer be illegal to crack digital rights management -- the codes that protect music, films and other content -- if it is to enable to the conversion from one format to another, said Christian Vanneste, Rapporteur, a senior parliamentarian who helps guide law in France.
