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Originally Posted by Harmon
... And yet, here come these corporations saying that they have GREATER rights as a result of DMCA, including the right to keep me from doing what the DMCA actually preserves for me. ...
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Most of the rest of your post(s) I have provided my opinion of in one way or another already ... but the DMCA stuff: I think you are reading way more into that act (as relates to your benefit) than actually exists at this time.
According to Wikipedia (I have not read the original), the DMCA "also criminalizes the act of circumventing an access control, whether or not there is actual infringement of copyright itself." There are however exemptions, but these may change every three years. I would not look to the DMCA for "protection" in this instance - actual cases gone to court may offer you better hope. If you have links to more up-to-date detail or interpretation than offered by Wikipedia then I would be grateful if you shared.