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My name is Kevin A. Thompson, I am an intellectual property attorney in Chicago, Illinois with the firm Davis McGrath LLC. I practice in the areas of domestic and international trademark, copyright, and internet issues. Internet law is my real love, especially how trademarks and copyrights intersect there. The focus of this blog is the digital world, its impact and legal framework. I write about recent issues, cases, and controversies. I also give my general thoughts about the Internet and its impact upon us and our society.
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10 years of the DMCA
It’s been 10 years today since President Clinton signed the Digital Millennium Copyright Act into law.
Wired has put together a nice retrospective, available here. They call it a misunderstood law that created the Internet commerce as we know it today.
Public Knowledge’s take on the act is here.
David Robinson at Freedom To Tinker has Part I of a retrospective here.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation covers “Unintended Consequences: 10 years under the DMCA” here.
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