Sunday, April 13, 2003
I want my VPN
Use a firewall, go to jail: on new state bills, including in Florida, designed to extend the DMCA in new and unfriendly ways. These are being pushed by the MPAA, complete with model legislation.
Here is one example of the far-reaching harmful effects of these bills. Both bills would flatly ban the possession, sale, or use of technologies that "conceal from a communication service provider ... the existence or place of origin or destination of any communication". Your ISP is a communication service provider, so anything that concealed the origin or destination of any communication from your ISP would be illegal -- with no exceptions.
See also: The EFF's State-Level "Super DMCA" Initiatives Archive [via Rebecca's Pocket]
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