Sep 10, 2001 | DRM, file_sharing, law
“It is unlawful to manufacture, import, offer to the public, provide or otherwise traffic in any interactive digital device that does not include and utilize certified [Digital Rights Management] security technologies.” According to this article in The...
Jul 18, 2001 | audio, DRM
A timely news article today after my rant yesterday about the copyright wars. Turns out the record industry has been slipping copy-protected audio CDs into stores for a few months now. The copy protection prevents you from making .mp3 files from the CD – your...
Jul 17, 2001 | DRM, file_sharing, law
Here’s an example of the future as envisioned by the megacorporations that are trying to turn copyrights to their advantage. Imagine that you open the cover of your summer reading and find this notice: “By opening the cover of this book, you agree to the...
Jun 10, 2001 | audio, DRM, file_sharing
The conventional wisdom has been that the record companies would target services like Napster with threats and lawsuits, but they would never attack individuals – for practical and PR reasons. Forget it. The copyright police are watching. The new services...
May 22, 2001 | audio, DRM, file_sharing, law
There’s a lot to learn about the copyright issues symbolized by the war against Napster. Copyright owners are waging a concerted battle with a single-minded goal: to make your every exposure to copyrighted material into an event that costs you money. In 1998 the...
Apr 12, 2001 | audio, DRM
A fascinating article in today’s Wall Street Journal discusses some of the ways that software manufacturers are going to cooperate with the recording industry and attempt to kill the .mp3 format. The competing formats – Microsoft’s Windows Media...
