I feel icky

[elfs]

I've been concentrating this week more on the business of writing than I am actually working my way through a story. And today, I feel icky. Among all the laws that I don't think need to be on the books and can't imagine what use there is in people getting killed over, two are the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, and the 2257 Regulations.

Which is why I feel especially icky that this morning I sent out a DMCA Takedown Notice to someone who is violating the Journal Entries licensing agreement, and I used their 2257 compliance filing to track down the address to which to send the notice.

I need a shower now.

Comments

[ibsulon.livejournal.com]

Ah - I interpreted as you feeling guilty for using a bad law for a legitimate purpose.

[elfs.livejournal.com]

Oh, I do. Make no mistake: I think the DMCA and the 2257 Regulations don't do anything useful that couldn't be accomplished some other way. They're both absurdly draconian, and I'm upset that such draconian laws are perceived as necessary. I wish I could have done it some other way.