Z:gnu-www-ja-digital-inclusion-in-freedom--a304a4-The DMCA has an exception: it/en

The DMCA has an exception: it does not forbid uses that qualify as &ldquo;fair use.&rdquo; But it strips this exception of practical effect by censoring any software that people could use to do these things. Under the DMCA, any program that could be used to break digital handcuffs is banned unless it has other comparably important &ldquo;commercially significant&rdquo; uses. (The denial of validity to any other kind of significance, such as social or ethical significance, explicitly endorses business' domination of society.) Practically speaking, the limited right to disobey your software jailer is meaningless since the means to do so is not available.