[A2k] DRM (Digital Reformatory Mandates) & Opting Out of Human Rights via Contract

[Claude Almansi]

On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 8:49 PM, Paul Lehto <lehto.paul@gmail.com> wrote:
> Claude, and all,
>
> You flatter me, since their would be no need to change the acronym but
> for a danger of confusion in the marketplace, and that presupposes an
> adoption of my acronym that has not yet occurred (you yourself point
> out there are no hits on google for it).
>
> Though the acronym was, as you say, "idiolectic" because it was my own
> invention or play on words of course the underlying ideas of DRM as a
> prison for freedom of konwledge are not at all new. =C2=A0This has been
> well developed by Richard Stallman, and probably others I haven't
> read.

Stallman does NOT use DRM in the "Digital Reformatory Mandates" sense
you give to the acronym, but in the sense tech tools restricting
users' access to info and knowledge and their use.

I doubt he would share your endorsement of these DRM tech tools
implied by your approving their use by Amazon for removing the
text-to-speech capability from Kindle e-books at authors' or
publishers' request, for instance in your
<http://lists.essential.org/pipermail/a2k/2009-April/004138.html> and
<http://lists.essential.org/pipermail/a2k/2009-April/004162.html>
messages in the "[A2k] Another 'misguided' author makes his
'ridiculous' opinion known, re: Kindle TTS. Alert the Coalition!"
thread started by Robert in
<http://lists.essential.org/pipermail/a2k/2009-April/004127.html>,.

Using DRM for what you mean by "Digital Reformatory Mandates"  in
discussions where DRM means Digital Rights/Restrictions Management
creates confusion and hence is a barrier to serious discussion. There
might be cases when the 2 senses happen to coincide, but there are too
many in which they don't. What you apparently mean by "Digital
Reformatory Mandates" has nothing to do with the WBU treaty proposal,
for instance.

Best


Claude