If copyright law actually respected a balance between creators and the public, anything under digital restriction technology would be <i>ineligible</i> for it, since there&#x27;s clearly no intention of adding to the public domain after the period is up. Of course we know it doesn&#x27;t.<p>Anyone with half a brain knew the DMCA was a bad idea when it was being &quot;debated&quot;. Now it&#x27;s accepted because we&#x27;ve grown accustomed to workarounds. The only way our society will be fixed is when the reality-incongruent copyright system simply collapses.