II. Statutory Text
Pub. Law 105-304

III. Legislative History
Senate Judiciary Report, S. Rep. No. 105-190 (5/11/98 )
House Commerce Report, H.R. Rep. No.105-551 (7/22/98 )
Conference Report, H.R. Rep No. 105-796 (10/8/98 )
Signing Statement (10/28/98 )

IV. Post-Enactment History & Proposed Legislation
Pub. Law 106-44, Technical Corrections to Title 17 (8/5/99)
Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act, 107th Cong, S. 2048
Consumer Technology Bill of Rights, 107th Cong, H.J. Res. 116
Consumer Technology Bill of Rights, 107th Cong, S.J. Res. 51
Digital Choice and Freedom Act of 2002, 107th Cong, H.R. 5522
Digital Media Consumers' Rights Act of 2002, 107th Cong, H.R. 5544
Peer to Peer Piracy Prevention Act, 107th Cong, H.R. 5211
Digital Media Consumers' Rights Act of 2003, 108th Cong, H.R. 107
BALANCE Act of 2003, 108th Cong, H.R. 1066

V. Agency Interpretation
Copyright Office Summary, December 1998
Request for Comments on Encryption Research Exemption, 64 FR 28802 (5/26/99)
Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention - Final Rule, 65 FR 64556 (10/23/00)
NTIA Report to Congress (March 2001)
Copyright Office Section 104 Report (August 2001)
Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention - (NOPI), 67 FR 63578 (10/15/02)
Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention - (NOI), 68 FR 6678 (2/10/03)

VI. Judicial Interpretation
A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc. (ND Cal, 5/5/00)
A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc. (ND Cal, 8/10/00)
A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc. (9th Cir, 2/12/01)
Aimster Copyright Litigation, In re (ND Ill, 9/4/02)
ALS Scan, Inc. v. RemarQ Communities, Inc. (4th Cir, 2/6/01)
Arista Records, Inc. v. MP3Board, Inc. (SD NY, 8/29/02)
CoStar Group, Inc. v. LoopNet, Inc. (D Md, 9/28/01)
Ellison v. Robertson (CD Cal, 3/13/02)
Felten v. RIAA (First Amended Complaint) (D NJ, 6/26/01)
Felten v. RIAA (Transcript of Proceedings) (D NJ, 11/28/01)
Hendrickson v. eBay, Inc. (CD Cal, 9/4/01)
Kelly v. Arriba Soft Corp. (CD Cal, 12/15/99)
Lexmark Int'l, Inc. v. Static Control Components (Prelim. Injunction)
(ED Ky, 2/27/03)
Perfect 10, Inc. v. Cybernet Ventures, Inc. (CD Cal, 4/22/02)
Perry v. Sonic Graphic Systems, Inc. (ED Pa, 4/13/00)
RealNetworks, Inc. v. Streambox, Inc. (WD Wash, 1/18/00)
Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc. v. Gamemasters (ND Cal, 11/4/99)
United States v. Sklyarov (Criminal Complaint) (ND Cal, 7/10/01)
United States v. Elcom Ltd. (Indictment) (ND Cal, 8/28/01)
United States v. Elcom Ltd. (Order Denying Motion to Dismiss Indictment
for Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction) (ND Cal, 3/27/02)
United States v. Elcom Ltd. (Order Denying Motions to Dismiss Indictment
on Constitutional Grounds) (ND Cal, 5/8/02)
Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Reimerdes (SD NY, 2/2/00)
Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Reimerdes (SD NY, 8/17/00)
Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Corley (2d Cir, 11/28/01)
Verizon Internet Services Subpoena Enforcement Matter, In re (D DC, 1/21/03)

Besides having the effect of systematically bringing our standard of living further and further down to that of the most primitive Third World slave states, the Orwellian-Stalinist DMCA may also have had a negative impact on the overall performance of the stock market. No sooner did the RIAA start going after Napster, for example, than the NASDAQ index began its precipitous fall from around the 5,000 level in 2000 to around 1,600 today. And, of course, the Dow going down from 11,700 (approx.) to the 9,000 level it hovers around today (this, after a low of 7,500 or thereabouts almost a year ago). The first manifestations of this festering sore of a vendetta also coincided with the government's anti-trust lawsuit against Microsoft, another action which has been cited by some as a factor in this stock market decline.

Finally! A histroy of the Infamous DMCA which has caused so many average people more of a headache than 40 tax returns thrown at them at once.

It's interesting to see the rundown, as it includes not just music but Sony's gaming division, and several electronics companies as well as the line "Prevention Agastin Peer to Peer Piracy."

The DMCA is something I would expect the KGB or Communist China to impliment--not the USA where the first constitutional amendment is labeled as "Freedom of Speech" which is clearly being taken away from us.

I have hated the DMCA from day one, but I hate it even more every time a giant corperation hides behind it.

Also consider the fact that I used to download a song from an artist and then buy the CD, or several CD's before late 2000 and early 2001, when the RIAA started raising CD Prices to the point that they were unaffordable for many. I had a 56k modem when I started using a P2P network and the reason I could sit for an hour to get a Download was because if I dind't, I wuld never have the song anyway since I couldn't afford the CD, and the people hurt, in the case of what I download are not the artists but the RIAA who shot themselves in the foot!

CD sales aren't "Declining" because of P2P networks, they're declining because people can't afford the higher prices, and raisng them, while sheilding yourself with the DMCA is only making things worse.

The DMCA is a disgrace and I can honestly say whenever there was a petition to stop the DMCA, my name would be on it.