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

[Seth Johnson]

Right.  And that's pretty much exactly what the phrase "digital
rights management" is designed to rationalize.


Seth

Jean-Baptiste Soufron wrote:
> 
> > 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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