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  • From: Ian Brown <I.Brown AT cs.ucl.ac.uk>
  • To: Cory Doctorow <doctorow AT craphound.com>
  • Cc: Prodromos Tsiavos <prodromos.tsiavos AT socio-legal-studies.oxford.ac.uk>, cc-uk AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Cc-uk] New licences and the Integrity right
  • Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 20:35:42 +0100

The license doesn't define DRM technology and probably should; I'd opt for calling it "use-restriction technology" and note that in some cases, vendors refer to this as "digitl rights management." The term DRM is rightly contentious, and while vocabulary wars can be tiresome, it's worth making an effort when it costs so little to do so.

I mentioned to Prodromos a few months ago that one potential definition that was more legalistic was "technology protected under Articles 11 and 18 of the WIPO Copyright Treaty and Performances and Phonograms Treaty." (the anti-circumvention clauses).

Am very pleased this anti-DRM clause is still in the latest draft :)





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