Jason Clifford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Fri, 5 May 2006, MJ Ray wrote: > > coverage, even in the tabloid newspapers, technological protection > > measures (TPM, or MTP in French) seems to be used a lot. [...] > > Why continue to us the word "protection". By doing so you are granting the > central plank of their case to those who want more restrictive copyright > powers.
I don't see protectionism as a good thing and I doubt many do. Surely no WIPO-fearing government can support protectionist laws? So, I'm quite happy to label these bad things as protection. > Surely the real description for DRM is "Restriction" Perhaps a better term > would be Technical Restriction Measures. This more properly describes the > fact that these measures seek to restrict the rights of consumers and > others to the goods they have bought. Rights, consumers, goods, bought... all controversies, depending what you're applying them to. Debates I don't want to have now. Personally, I see this as about control of our electronic devices. I'd prefer to call it what it is and name it "copy-control" but each time I do that, I seem to get shot down in flames (most recently during the APIG response discussions IIRC). Hope that explains, -- 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
