Here is an example of the DMCA being (ab)used by a voting machine company to silence debate about it´s dodgy practices. And here is a link to the issue of access to the ABC archival footage of politicians and how the copyright and access issues are not only the domain of private corporations but also of the architecture of the law itself is important. This, for me, comes down to the notion of fair use and how much you will allow a given individual to sample work in their own work for the purposes of fair commentary (political or aesthetic). All of the laws surrounding and implementations of Digital Rights Restrictions (Management) do not address the crucial issue of fair use and are therefore not good in any way. This piece by R.M.S shows how bad it could get if DRR are implemented into everything.