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

[James Love]

I am wondering if the emphasis on the term DRM is the wrong one.   I  
believe the objections are partly about technical protection measures  
(TPMs), which make it impossible to access works.   The various  
versions of the GPL are themselves types of DRMs, as are the creative  
commons, Apache or Berkley licenses.    The problems I think people  
are most concerned about are the technical enforcement of DRM  
licenses, particularly if these are driven into the hardware of  
computers and other devices.   Also, within the DRM area, the problem  
are what might be considered "unfair" or "anticompetitive" terms in  
licenses, and the efforts by some to make non-negotiated instruments  
enforceable as contracts.

   Jamie


On Apr 4, 2006, at 9:29 AM, Milton Mueller wrote:

> This seems to me to be the correct approach. I think Norbert has it  
> right here.
> --MM
>
>>>> Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> 04/03/06 3:36 AM >>>
> Those who like DRM are still free to use it, but I am able to
> prevent them from _redistributing_ _my_ work, or a derivative
> work thereof, as part of a DRM scheme to which try to subject
> third parties.
>
> When I release a program that I have written as Free Software,
> I want this activity to increase the amount of freedom which
> exists in the world, and I want to take precautions against
> my work having unintended effects of actually decreasing the
> freedom which exists in the world.
>
> In other words, because the GPLv3 draft has been created, I
> have gained the ability to do what I want (thank you, FSF),
> while pro-DRM people retain the ability to do what they want.
>
> Of course I hope that over time, a social consensus will
> emerge that DRM (in the sense of allowing anyone to impose
> restrictions on what someone else's computer may be programmed
> to do) is not acceptable in any form or shape.
>
> In the meantime, those who are in favor of DRM vote with
> their actions for their opinion, by using some kind of DRM
> system for those creative works concerning which they control
> copyright-related rights.  It's only fair when we who are
> opposed to DRM can also vote with our actions for our opinion,
> by using DRM-incompatible licensensing for our creative works.
>
> Greetings,
> Norbert
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