With the development of ICTs, new laws have come about that will change the way consumers use digital content. Legal scholars have criticized the new copyright laws and put forth a number of reasons why these should be changed.

To prepare for this Discussion, read the following articles:

• Intellectual Property and the Digital Economy: Why the Anti-Circumvention Regulations Need to Be Revisedhttp://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~pam/papers/Samuelson.pdf
• Mapping the Digital Public Domain: Threats and Opportunitieshttp://www.law.duke.edu/shell/cite.pl?66+Law+&+Contemp.+Probs.+147+(WinterSpring+2003)
• Unintended Consequences: Ten Years under the DMCAhttp://www.eff.org/wp/unintended-consequences-ten-years-under-dmca

Discussion Prompt:

• Discuss how recent changes in laws, such as the passing of the DMCA, affect your media consumption.