The DMCA

• Designed for/by the music industry

  • Protects any copyrighted work
    • All works are copyrighted when put into tangible form
    • Except if put into the public domain
    • Or certain documents created by the Federal government
  • With 'normally effective' protection
    • Windows password, steganography, encryption, access control
  • Against any access or publication of methods of access
    • Prior restraint on publication vs. freedom of speech!
  • Except by law enforcement or its agents
    • No sale of forensics software / no publication in steganalysis
    • No cryptanalysis research / no private searches

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