[OPLINLIST] FYI: Digital Rights Management - a god resource

Tue, 23 Mar 2004 16:44:42 -0500

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PUBLICATION: WHAT EVERY CITIZEN SHOULD KNOW ABOUT DIGITAL RIGHTS =
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Public Knowledge has published a comprehensive resource that makes
understandable for everyone the increasingly complex and highly =
technical
issue of digital rights management. Digital Rights Management (DRM) is =
the
term applied to technologies that prevent you from using a copyrighted
digital work beyond the degree to which the copyright owner wishes to =
allow
you to use it.  The technologies can be applied to digital movies,
television programs, books or music. The 40-page primer, "What Every =
Citizen
Should Know About DRM, a.k.a. Digital Rights Management," was written by
Mike Godwin, senior technology counsel at Public Knowledge.  Godwin is a
veteran of Internet law, and the author of "Cyber

Rights:  Defending Free Speech in the Digital Age" (MIT Press, 2003). =
"You
should care [about DRM] because you have something personal at stake in =
both
the balances built into our copyright law, and in the technologies, such =
as
personal computers and the Internet, that might be restricted or =
controlled
in order to protect copyright interests," Godwin writes in the =
publication.
The primer, produced in cooperation with the New America Foundation, has
chapters on DRM and its relationship to copyright law;  a technical
explanation of how DRM works;  a discussion whether DRM should be =
imposed by
government; and  the potential threats posed by DRM not only to =
copyrighted
content, but to the technical design of the Internet. In a concluding =
essay,
Godwin argues for minimal government regulation of DRM, and for a DRM =
policy
that includes a strong commitment to promoting and preserving the public
domain.

[SOURCE: Public Knowledge]
http://www.publicknowledge.org/content/overviews/citizens-guide-to-drm/vi=
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http://tinyurl.com/2nmc3

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Public Knowledge =
has
published a comprehensive resource that makes understandable for =
everyone the
increasingly complex and highly technical issue of digital rights =
management.
Digital Rights Management (DRM) is the term applied to technologies that
prevent you from using a copyrighted digital work beyond the degree to =
which
the copyright owner wishes to allow you to use it.&nbsp; The =
technologies can
be applied to digital movies, television programs, books or music. The =
40-page
primer, &quot;What Every Citizen Should Know About DRM, a.k.a. Digital =
Rights
Management,&quot; was written by Mike Godwin, senior technology counsel =
at
Public Knowledge.&nbsp; Godwin is a veteran of Internet law, and the =
author of
&quot;Cyber

Rights:&nbsp; =
Defending Free
Speech in the Digital Age&quot; (MIT Press, 2003). &quot;You should care =
[about
DRM] because you have something personal at stake in both the balances =
built into
our copyright law, and in the technologies, such as personal computers =
and the
Internet, that might be restricted or controlled in order to protect =
copyright
interests,&quot; Godwin writes in the publication. The primer, produced =
in
cooperation with the New America Foundation, has chapters on DRM and its
relationship to copyright law;&nbsp; a technical explanation of how DRM
works;&nbsp; a discussion whether DRM should be imposed by government;
and&nbsp; the potential threats posed by DRM not only to copyrighted =
content, but
to the technical design of the Internet. In a concluding essay, Godwin =
argues
for minimal government regulation of DRM, and for a DRM policy that =
includes a
strong commitment to promoting and preserving the public =
domain.

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worlds
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demonstrate the
value of communications for solving social problems.

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