Ten Years After Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Electronics Companies Regret Supporting Law

Consumer electronics manufacturers and owners of intellectual property offered divergent views of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 10 years after its passage. Mitch Glazier, senior vice president for government relations for the Recording Industry Association of America, called the DMCA's anti-circumvention provisions "very successful." But Michael Petricone, senior vice president for government affairs at the Consumer Electronics Association, offered a "mea culpa" for the DMCA on behalf of the electronics industry. "We took them at their word," Petricone said of those who said the anti-circumvention provisions would be used only to tackle legitimate piracy.