Re: What DMCA stands for

[David Kastrup]

Rui Miguel Silva Seabra <rms@1407.org> writes:

> Qua, 2006-10-04 às 23:23 +0200, Alfred M. Szmidt escreveu:
>>    I'm surprised that people haven't found a neat re-read of "DMCA" as
>>    they have of "DRM" (at least I haven't seen any yet).  I'm not
>>    particularly good at it, but I'll throw a suggestion: "Digital
>>    Media Control Act".
>> 
>> What a lovley idea! Now that you mention it, I'm also supprised
>> that nobody has done it.  Here is my suggestion: "Digital Media
>> Censorship Act".  We should also figure out something for the EUCD,
>> maybe: EU Copyright Deception.
>
> EU Censorship Directive

What does it have to do with "censorship"?  The point was not to
replace one misleading name with a more misleading one.

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