I'm reading about the IP Protection Act of 2006 on CNet. There's a paragraph that describes provision 1201 of the DMCA: "Section 1201 of the law generally prohibits distributing or trafficking in any software or hardware that can be used to bypass copy-protection devices."
The proposed law is supposed to beef that provision up, but I'm left wondering. Does that provision cover pencils, paints, guitars, cameras, and compilers? The very tools used for creation?
Another question is also nagging me. I program. I write. I also used to draw and paint. In other words I create. Why do things like the DMCA and the above bill leave a bad taste in my mouth?
