Alex Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://www.apig.org.uk/current-activities/inquiry-into-digital-rights-management.html
Well announced! I think this is worth getting several responses into. If any readers are experienced at submitting consultation responses, please help out, offer advice and/or submit one. [...] > An initial attempt at a response: > http://www.alcoholicsunanimous.com/chod/apig.xhtml [...] > * Heavy on rhetoric, light on examples: needs to be the other way > around, and probably stick closer to their points If anything, I'd avoid spending too many words on examples of problems and look for positive ideas of what they can do to help us. I think I will be asking for: 1. establishment of "fair circumvention" when DRM is being used to restrict what should be fair dealing or other vital acts - you can't make DRM systems "fail safe" but you can give some hope of recovering after they "fail closed"; 2. legislation to ensure that DRM system owners are held responsible for computer misuse (Sony?), privacy invasion and monopoly effects resulting from their DRM systems, which will help limit distortion; 3. requiring collecting societies to allow members to leave, rather than reports like http://lists.okfn.org/pipermail/fc-uk-discuss/2005-November/000512.html about why some artists aren't using liberal licensing yet; and I offer them to this list as ideas. Please, I'd rather someone here shot them down in flames before APIG sees them... > * Not sure whether I can raise "other issues" effectively; could > make them simply dismiss the entire thing for wandering OT I suggest reducing that to headings only, to help you meet the word limit and to reduce the risk of being bounced for going OT. Thanks for any help, -- MJ Ray - personal email, see http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html Work: http://www.ttllp.co.uk/ irc.oftc.net/slef Jabber/SIP ask _______________________________________________ Fsfe-uk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfe-uk
