The US Senate passed the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA or WIPO)
today. If accepted by the House, and signed by Clinton, reverse engineering
for any reason (other then scholarly research for the next 2 years) will be
illegal. It also gives the shrink-wrapped licenses more power, as it is an
addition to the UCE (Microsoft could now say that if you want to sue them, you
have to do so in Burma). Clinton has said he will sign it, and the House has
already passed a similar version, so I would expect them to accept this as is.
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