Die, DMCA, Die!

From Wired:

Some powerful U.S. representatives are backing a bill that would overturn major portions of the DMCA, allowing people to copy CDs and DVDs more freely.

And good riddance.

In 1998, record companies and Hollywood lauded the DMCA as a way to stop piracy, which they said had accelerated because of digital copying technology. But the DMCA has since evoked buyer's remorse in many lawmakers, who fear they handed copyright holders far more control than intended while eroding Americans' fair use rights. They also worry that the law has criminalized otherwise innocent activities, such as making a personal copy of a purchased CD, or trying to get a DVD to play on a Linux computer.