while everyone is kvetching about a very bright princeton researcher being silenced by being threatened with the dmca, this covers another huge problem -- the consumer electronics manufacturers joining up to support video watermarking. so-called "big media" would love it if i had to buy my music all over again, instead of being able to convert my already-purchased cds into mp3s that i can play on a computer or on my camera/mp3-player. (and meanwhile, copyright law is used to protect a dead writer. i'd love to know how that isn't directly contrary to the goals of "intellectual property" law laid out in the constitution.)