The FTC is going to hold a town hall hearing on DRM in March:
Digital rights management (DRM) refers to technologies typically used by hardware manufacturers, publishers, and copyright holders to attempt to control how consumers access and use media and entertainment content. Among other issues, the workshop will address the need to improve disclosures to consumers about DRM limitations. Interested parties may submit written comments or original research on this topic.
Who knows what will come of this exactly, but it sounds to me like more funeral bells for DRM. And what do you know – the government, at least theoretically, doing its job by listening to the people. (If you’re cynical about this, check out the front page of the Bangkok Post any time for a refresher course on how ludicrous things can be.)
Another day, another step in the right direction.
Via Boing Boing.
UPDATE: Go here to contribute your comments to the FTC.
Wednesday, 7 January, 2009 at 22:51
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Thursday, 8 January, 2009 at 11:01
Good for them! I will say, though, I don’t think the DRM issue will be dead until it hs been bludgeoned about a thousand times in the head with a very big stick. Will it die? Oh yes, it is inevitable. No one can put walls around thoughts and expect them to last. The big question has always been–like the zombies in a third-rate horror movie–how many times will the world have to kill it before it accepts that it is dead?
Great news, though. Thanks for passing it along!
Thursday, 8 January, 2009 at 21:08
How many times – it’s anyone’s guess. But I do share your view that it is inevitable that DRM will eventually be overthrown. Thanks, again, CrazyMama, for stopping by.