Hmm… well, been stumbling over piracy and DRM stories all day, so I figured I’d pass along the joy.
First up, Cory Doctorow does the Daniel in the lions’ den thing and tries to convince the folks at Microsoft that anti-piracy techniques like Digital Rights Management are ineffective and worse, (from Microsoft’s standpoint) bad for business. It makes a good primer for many of the issues being discussed regarding copyrights, copy protection, and the full-court press by the RIAA and MPAA to legislate away some of the American citizen’s rights, because they are inconvenient.
Meanwhile, back in the other Washington, Orrin Hatch (well known composer and sometimes legislator) is introducing a bill that might make any device that could be used to violate copyrights illegal. As with most other cases these days, this one is sold as vital to protect our children (which is, of course, just behind preventing terrorism as the excuse du jour for taking away your rights).
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At my place of employ, Orin Hatch’s picture went up on the dartboard today. He has some good competition, but I must say that he’s gotten a fair amount of attention and is already nearly as pockmarked as many of the other bete-noirs with whom he shares the board.
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