DMCA working with ECA on Fair use Act.

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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071029-gamers-lobby-announces-support-for-dmca-reform.html

Are gamers affected by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act? The Entertainment Consumers Association argues that they are. The group has just announced its support for the FAIR USE Act in an attempt to make the world safe for democracy backing up game discs.

The ECA is a relative newcomer to the political scene. Founded in 2006, it's a nonprofit that wants to represent gamers in a way that the Entertainment Software Association can't. The ESA, despite having the resources to battle bad video game legislation across the country, looks out for the interests of the game developers and publishers.

That's made abundantly clear by the ESA's stance on copyright issues. The group opposes an expansion of the "first sale" doctrine (PDF), opposes expansion of fair use (PDF), and opposes reforming the DMCA's anti-circumvention provision (PDF) that make tampering or bypassing any form of DRM illegal. This means that backing up DVDs and game discs makes criminals of those who do so.

Well folks looks like people are workign together.