In spite of 'copyright' being in the name of the Act, copyright has little to do with the serious and extreme problems the DMCA carries with it.
Well if there weren't huge criminal enterprises the world over making huge amounts of money off of illegal copies of American IP, you might get more sympathy. I personally would like to see them better attempt to lock it down tighter before increasing the number of laws preventing it, but since the hackers have already proven they can crack most anything put before them, stiffer penalties and a longer arm of the law is what we're gonna get.
Well if there weren't huge criminal enterprises the world over making huge amounts of money off of illegal copies of American IP, you might get more sympathy. I personally would like to see them better attempt to lock it down tighter before increasing the number of laws preventing it, but since the hackers have already proven they can crack most anything put before them, stiffer penalties and a longer arm of the law is what we're gonna get.