[WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [A2k] Re: [Wsis-pct] IP Justice Comment to IGF on Top Policy Issues for Athens

[Jean-Baptiste Soufron]

> DRM could have valid implementations - for example, to assure that the
> rights of Free Software are maintained. Rights are rights, but  
> licenses
> vary - and so do implementations of objects.

There already is a very efficient way to assure that the rights of  
Free Software are maintained. It is called "litigation", and it comes  
with a handy set of tools that will ensure that the debate will be  
reasonnably fair and democratic : due process of law, rules of  
evidence, etc.

Replacing the democratic rules of litigation with automated computer  
programs is not only illusory with regards to its efficiency, it is  
also highly immoral and dangerous for democracy.

Jean-Baptiste Soufron
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