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2003 Wis. L. Rev. 649 (2003)
What Federal Gun Control Can Teach Us about the DMCA's Anti-Trafficking Provisions

handle is hein.journals/wlr2003 and id is 663 raw text is: WHAT FEDERAL GUN CONTROL CAN TEACH US ABOUT THE DMCA'S ANTI-TRAFFICKING PROVISIONS ALFRED C. YEN* Introduction ..................................................... 650 I. Copyright's Balance and the Anti-trafficking Provisions .......... 660 A. Copyright's Balance ................................................ 660 B. Anti-trafficking: An Elegant Solution to Digital Copyright Infringement? ........................................... 664 C. An Analysis of the DMCA's Anti-trafficking Provisions ..... 668 1. Anti-trafficking and the Legality of Circumvention ....... 670 2. Anti-trafficking, the Public Domain, and Copyright Infringem ent .................................................... 672 a. Anti-trafficking and Access to the Public Domain ... 673 b. Anti-trafficking and Noninfringing Uses of Copyrighted M aterial .......................................................... 675 3. Evaluating the DMCA's Anti-trafficking Provisions ..... 677 II. Federal Gun Control .................................................... 680 III. Circumvention Technology Control Patterned After G un C ontrol .............................................................. 686 A. Accountability in the Manufacture and Distribution of Circumvention Technology ........................................ 687 B. Controlling the Form of Circumvention Technology .......... 688 C. Prohibiting Certain Individuals from Buying Circumvention T echnology .......................................................... 689 IV. Engaging the Prevailing Wisdom ...................................... 690 A. The Security of Copyright ......................................... 691 B. Encouraging the Use and Development of Reasonable DRM ................................................... 694 C. Comparing Costs and Benefits .................................... 697 V . C onclusion ............................................................... 697 * Professor of Law, Boston College Law School. Generous comments were provided by Joseph Liu, Glynn Lunney, Michael Madison, and the faculties of Case Western Reserve University Law School, Suffolk University Law School, and Seattle University Law School. The author would like to thank Sheila Bautista, Jerry Marr, Sophia Sasaki, Dan Scales, and Jeff Strom for their help as research assistants. This Article was supported by summer research grants from Boston College Law School.

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