Unintended Consequences of the DMCA

Unintended Consequences: Four Years under the DMCA is a very lengthy summary of the ways the DMCA has been used and misused. Examples include trying to eliminate aftermarket laser printer toner vendors, stopping a hobbyist who developed custom programs for Sony’s Aibo robotic “pet” dog from freely distributing the programs, and the effect that fear of DMCA lawsuits is having on research and public discussions.

Update May 2017: The original link to Four Years under… no longer exists, so I replaced it with the Five Years link. A more recent one isĀ https://www.eff.org/wp/unintended-consequences-under-dmca. It looks like they gave up in 2010.