It seems obvious that if company want to use the DMCA to their advantage that it the feds will certainly back them in one way or another. I wonder how security censorship will impact our future. I can easily imagine an era where we run products that the have hidden "features" that allow the blackhats or even the software manufactuer to have access to our systems. Perhaps even tracking our movements as we surf pron sites or shop online. I do not believe that censorship regardless of the type will be tolerated. I'm sure that RedHat's opposition to the DMCA is the pure motivation for there move, but can you truly be sure of a companies motives? It a sure bet that cyber terrorist will be able to exploit the hidden "features" before companies will release a fix. How will Corporatations react? Perhaps by switching to those vendors that do not restrict the security information flow. Bad move RedHat!

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