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DRM Stunts Education And Penalises The Blind
« on: June 08, 2006, 01:11:45 am »
I thought that might get your attention.  :P

http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk/news.php?newsId=3566

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The British Library's Chief Executive, Lynne Brindley, is warning that DRM systems are creating unintended consequences that affect how digital material can be stored and disseminated by libraries, which have traditionally been protected by special exceptions under IP law.
Speaking at the launch of the All-Party Parliamentary Internet Group (APIG) into Digital Rights Management, the British Library's Chief Executive, Lynne Brindley urged MPs to balance the rights of content creators with the need to maintain access in the public good.

"Digital material generally comes with a contract, and these contracts are nearly always more restrictive than existing copyright law and frequently prevent copying, archiving, and access by the visually impaired", said Brindley.
If action isn't taken to clarify policy on DRM, it could have far reaching effects for institutions like the British Library who have traditionally held archival copies of material. For example, as one digital archiving method becomes extinct, DRM could prevent the library from transferring material to another, newer media for preservation.


Who is next to be hit with the "greed wagon" that the recording and movie cartels drive through folks existing legal rights..

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