Comments by "LoneTech" (@0LoneTech) on "Fixing the DMCA is making all the right people mad" video.

There's a bunch of other things that section 1201 shouldn't be restricting, such as accessibility and format shifting. It's a nasty section. Another part in need of fixing is that vexatious DMCA takedowns have no penalty (currently, the only demand is they represent a copyright holder - not that that copyright has any relevance to the case). "Smart" TVs, in particular, should be fixed to stop forcing ads and surveillance. And as usual, quite a good point that these restrictions aren't doing what they're claimed to be for - they make it illegal to remove anti-usability sabotage from products, a service that will already be done for you at those piracy sites they're holding up as so evil. The legitimate customers bear both the costs for the sabotage (big money for e.g. DeNuvo and Adobe) and the pains of the hostility (because clearly nothing makes you less trustworthy than buying from a legitimate vendor). Most of the time the publishers are too craven to even speak plainly when asked if they do such sabotage, let alone *why*.
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@CoolKoon It's more an example of an abuse this clause is enabling (via "tivoization", where firmware is locked in) than something copyright law should ever have been involved with.
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@CoolKoon Ah, that's a suggestion of a different law, preemptive/prescriptive as opposed to this one that's outlawing cures. I understand the view now, but I think that would be hard to get through comparing e.g. how the tobacco industry still exists.
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