4.7.2004  Digital Rights Management  Mike Godwin, Senior Technology Counsel of Public Knowledge, has published What Every Citizen Should Know about DRM, a.k.a. "Digital Rights Management," a useful and sobering primer on the technical and policy complexities of DRM. I don't agree with all of his policy views -- in particular, I think definitions of fair use should be malleable (both ways) in the light of technological change -- but I share Mike's fear of government regulatory schemes, and I certainly amen his statement: "Most of us believe that artists and authors deserve to be compensated, and even that publishers deserve compensation for bringing them to us. At the same time, it is a natural human impulse to share the creative works we love. . . . The question before us, then, is how to harness both the technical ingenuity behind DRM and the human drive to share the works that we enjoy in a way that leverages the best from both." posted by James DeLong : 4/7/2004 02:08:37 PM   IPcentral WebLog Blog Main Recent Posts   Network Effects Stock Options: Its Over Power & Money, Not Good Accounting File-Sharing and Market Power Imperial Canada More on File-Sharing Study Database Protection Sauce for the Gander Department Catchup on NYT v. The National Debate Asking the Right Question Lessig & DeLong Debate Archives by Month   December 2003 January 2004 February 2004 March 2004 April 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 August 2004 September 2004 October 2004 November 2004 December 2004 Links   PFF Blog

	4.7.2004  Digital Rights Management  Mike Godwin, Senior Technology Counsel of Public Knowledge, has published What Every Citizen Should Know about DRM, a.k.a. "Digital Rights Management," a useful and sobering primer on the technical and policy complexities of DRM. I don't agree with all of his policy views -- in particular, I think definitions of fair use should be malleable (both ways) in the light of technological change -- but I share Mike's fear of government regulatory schemes, and I certainly amen his statement: "Most of us believe that artists and authors deserve to be compensated, and even that publishers deserve compensation for bringing them to us. At the same time, it is a natural human impulse to share the creative works we love. . . . The question before us, then, is how to harness both the technical ingenuity behind DRM and the human drive to share the works that we enjoy in a way that leverages the best from both." posted by James DeLong : 4/7/2004 02:08:37 PM   IPcentral WebLog Blog Main Recent Posts   Network Effects Stock Options: Its Over Power & Money, Not Good Accounting File-Sharing and Market Power Imperial Canada More on File-Sharing Study Database Protection Sauce for the Gander Department Catchup on NYT v. The National Debate Asking the Right Question Lessig & DeLong Debate Archives by Month   December 2003 January 2004 February 2004 March 2004 April 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 August 2004 September 2004 October 2004 November 2004 December 2004 Links   PFF Blog