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December 28, 2015 04:58 am PST
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/oOjUpttgGyI/the-dmca-poisoned-the-internet.html
The DMCA poisoned the Internet of Things in its cradle
Bruce Schneier explains the short, terrible history of the Internet of Things, in which companies were lured to create proprietary lock-ins for their products because the DMCA, a stupid 1998 copyright law, gave them the power to sue anyone who made a product that connected to theirs without permission. (more…)
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