While the DMCA was well intentioned in it's conception, it has created some issues as well. When trying to prevent pirating of copyrighted and protected materials, many lawmakers forget that hacking these materials can be a method of creating better security as well. If no one ever tried to had a network, firewalls would not be necessary, and if 64 bit encryption stopped everyone, they wouldn't have developed 128 bit, and so on. Unfortunately, the DMCA does not have an exception for this and people with good intentions can be punished unfairly.
I think this problem prevents technology flaws from being presented without fear of punishment. Companies don't want the bad press about their product as well as they don't want it taken without being paid, but you can't have innovation without contestation and therefore the biggest change I would want made to the DMCA is an exception to those who test securities and protection features to be able to freely present flaws found and not be considered in violation of the flaw.
I think to be able to clarify who can do these testings and be free from prosecution, a simple registration of individual, group or organization in order to declare intentions. I personally would rather have the do-gooders being the ones testing than fixes being done after a major breach.
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