Monday, February 06, 2006

Beyond our borders

DRM discussions in the UK - The UK has created a Parlimentary Group to review the DRM issue and write a report. This blog entry focuses on their discussion on DRM possibly preventing the future release of material into the public domain. (His other IP related entries are interesting too.)

Canadian record label resists - The Canadian label of big artists such as Avril Lavigne, is funding the legal defense for a family being sued by the RIAA for copyright infringement. Seems the label believes the RIAA is not acting in artists' best interests.

DRM kills award hopes - The preview DVDs of Spielberg's new film, Munich, were made for US viewing but sent to the UK judges with UK players. The DRM locked them to only playing in their unmatched players - which resulted in no one watching the DVDs. No view, no vote.

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