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Originally Posted by nerys
THE DMCA takes away my right to free speech. THIS IS NOT LEGAL. the 1st amendment makes this VERY clear. Therefore the DMCA is NOT LAW and is being illegally enforced. Period. Prove me wrong? SHOW me anywhere in the constitution where the 1st amendment was revoked?
SHOW ME the law that says that a corporation can dictate what I can do with my personal property in my own home (NOT counting stupid stuff like killing people)
Please show me this law? (not counting the DMCA since its invalid)
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Yeah, tell that to all the residents of D.C. who can't own guns because of local laws forbidding it, in pretty clear conflict with the
2nd Amendment.
The point is this, nerys: be it ever so unconstitutional, the DMCA
is still the law. However much I agree with you that if it ever came before the Supreme Court it would be held unconstitutional and set aside, until that actually
happens, it
is the law, and it
can be enforced, that is if somebody were to take a wild hair and do so.
I also would have thought that a law that says political ads can't be run within the 60 days leading up to an election would be set aside completely too, since that's about as contrary to the 1st Amendment as you can get, but it hasn't been yet, and it
is enforced.
All folks are saying is that however right you may be, the actions you're discussing are contrary to a passed and enforceable law (ignoring for the moment that
actually enforcing it would require the aid of magical fairies). The fact that the law would likely be set aside as unconstitutional by the Supreme Court doesn't change that.
