On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 02:45:39PM -0500, Brian Toberman wrote: > > The DMCA is the Digital Millenium Copyright Act. it's very > controversial and not very well written and is being opossed by > nearly every nonsoftware business. it's only been passed in a few > states so far. You're thinking of UCITA. DMCA is a federal law which passed in 1998. Basic meaning of each: UCITA - Shrinkwrap licences are enforcable and companies can remotely disable your software to enforce them. DMCA - Companies can restrict their code and/or data using whatever technology they choose and you're not allowed to do anything about it. -- With the arrest of Dimitry Sklyarov it has become apparent that it is not safe for non US software engineers to visit the United States. - Alan Cox