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From: Simon Higgs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: June 15, 2005 4:17:47 PM EDT
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Fwd: [IP] "DRM"
Peggy,
Sorry to burst a bubble, but the word "Right" has a specific meaning.
There would be no Creative Commons without the word "Right" being
etched in this old piece of parchment:
THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION
Article 1.
Section. 8.
Clause 8: To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by
securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive
Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;
http://www.house.gov/Constitution/Constitution.html
On the other hand, Technological Protection Measures are what
exactly? Firewalls? Fuses? Overload shutdown circuits? Electronic
prophylactics? Helicopters? Guns? TPM has almost zero meaning outside
the narrow world of WIPO for the average person. But even the average
person *KNOWS* there are Constitutionally protected Rights and they
understand the concept of managing those rights even if they spend
all their time trying to circumvent them.
Best Regards,
Simon Higgs
From: David Farber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [IP] "DRM"
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 11:00:50 -0400
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From: Margaret Jane Radin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: June 15, 2005 7:57:09 AM EDT
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: "DRM"
I wish people would drop the term "DRM." It was coined by those who
wish to claim as "rights" some things which are not actually their
rights, or are at best contested. In other words, the "R" in the
term "DRM" begs an important legal question. I wish people would
instead use the term "TPM" (Technological Protection Measures)
because at least it is neutral on whether or not those who deploy
them have a "right" to do what they're doing in locking up
information. And TPM happens to be the term used in the WIPO
treaties, too.
BTW, I don't like to read on the list advertisements for people's
forthcoming articles. To me that is spam. There are plenty of
sources that inform us what is in the literature.
Peggy Radin
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