[A2k] DRM- Change of industry approach?

[Michelle Childs]

Two interesting links in this weeks digest from EFF on DRM which shows the
industry change in arguments from protection against privacy to enabling
business models ( as activists have been saying all along!)

As Ed Felten points out what has this got to do with copyright?   It
raises the question about whether it is appropriate for DRMS to continue
to be protected by and largely governed by copyright legislation, which
tends to exclude proper competition/consumer law oversight.
Michelle

EFFector Vol. 19, No. 30  August 14, 2006
http://www.eff.org/effector/>

 Never Mind the Piracy, Feel the Profits
Ed Felten says that the DRM debate has moved from combating
piracy to supporting price discrimination...
<http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=1051>

~ "DRMs Enable Business Models, They Don't Stop Piracy" -
Universal VP
... as Universal's Jerry Pierce confirms the change of tact.
<http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/08/04/tg_daily_interviews_universal_pictures/>



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