Available at http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/03/13/copy_protection/index.html, this article by Damien Cave for Salon Magazine discusses the recent push by Disney's Michael Isner, Hollywood's Jack Valenti, and others on legislation that would require computers to have unbreakable digital rights management systems. They're supporting a law that would not only require such coding, but that also dictates the specifications of that coding, in essence, reducing the operability and value of computers and turning them into something very similar to a television without a VCR, a tape deck without the ability to record, and so on. Cave explores the issue, but suggests that even if such a terrible bill were to pass, that wouldn't be enough to stop copying.
Chained Melodies: Copyright-holding corporations crippling computer innovation?
Submitted by Nick_Carbone on March 15, 2002 - 12:10.
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