On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 19:40, narendra sisodiya <[email protected]> wrote: > You can read more at > - http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080404110651AATy94z
Please note that that answer covers the situation in the United States. The situation in India, currently, is that TPMs are not protected under the law. Under the proposed amendments, TPMs *will* be protected, but will be limited to a) copyright-covered situations and b) will include all fair dealings and exceptions. Please check http://j.mp/cx1OQr for more details about the Indian amendment related to TPMs. The ideal TPM system: 0. No TPMs Less ideal, but acceptable TPM system: 1. TPMs are limited to protection of copyrighted materials 2. All exceptions to copyright applicable to TPMs as well 3. No limitations on manufacture or distribution of TPMs (crucial for FOSS) 4. a. Onus on TPM-placer to notify users about fair dealings / fair use, and contact details of the TPM-placer b. Duty on TPM-placer to help user to circumvent for legitimate purposes, if so requested. 5. No criminal liability The Indian provision seems to implement 1 through 3, and goes amiss with 4 and 5. As far as I can make out, no TPM system implemented anywhere in the world is as lenient as the one proposed in our Copyright Amendment Bill. Regards, Pranesh _______________________________________________ network mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in
