Digital Copyright Law on Trial DMCA5/2/2000; 10:37:46 AM Jan 18, 2000: Interesting point: There is no question being asked about intent, instead the media conglomerates want it to be totally illegal to bypass copy protection, at all. Reverse engineering? No. Want to engage in well-established Fair Use? Can't.These people truly are trying to extend copyright into a realm it has not gone in before; copyright does not give the owner total control, it is an agreement of sorts, where the end user still has certain rights that could not previously be taken away, like the right to quote in certain ways. Now the media conglomerates want to make that impossible, because to do so involves bypassing a copyright protection scheme.How this is finally decided in court will be reflected in later findings; if the media companies are successful in possessing this level of control, it will be much easier for web sites to clamp down on sites like CallTheShots.com... but I feel this is for the wrong reason. It should not be illegal to own or possess things capable of copying other things any more then it is illegal to own a copy machine. There are legitimate uses to this software. Don't go after the software, go after the people making and distributing actual copies! Of course, that's too difficult... easier to hang a scapegoat.