Re: Publisher's association on DRM

[Seth Johnson <seth.johnson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Their game is to let the WIPO Performances and Phonograms
Treaty do the work.

The notion they're trying to implement is the idea of "moral
rights" -- saying that creators dictate what can be done
with information.  The technologies on the table are all
based on that ludicrous notion.  Once they get the
technologies in place (and they are well underway), they
will be able to act as if it's moral to restrict the public
from parsing and processing information products.

They don't figure on trusting any particular national
government.  Just buy them out while they work on schemes
built on system architectures such as TCPA.

Seth Johnson

"Hamaker, Chuck" wrote:
> 
> Digital Rights Management - three point policy- Publishers Association (UK)
> On the PA website:
> <http://www.publishers.org.uk/paweb/paweb.nsf/pubframe!Open>
> Select Guidelines then under Copyright select Digital Rights Management -
> three point policy
> <http://www.publishers.org.uk/paweb/PAweb.nsf/0/A998A1C8698297A180256C320052
> 6B3B!opendocument>
> 
> A  statement of principles, eschewing one size fits all solutions, and
> calling for publishers to be actively involved in standards setting, working
> for interoperable international standards,
> 
> principles I found particularly striking in the policy:
> 
> "We should support appropriate International Standards and the process
> should be industry led. We should oppose any proposals for legislation on
> technical issues."
> "These (DRM Systems) should not be standardised. Publishers (not necessarily
> collectively) should work out what sort of DRM best suits their preferred
> Business Model.
> 
> The Trade Association should seek to ensure that a choice is open to them"
> 
> And of particular interest to me as a librarian- the third point:
> "3. DRMs should be positively presented as a publisher / customer
> facilitating medium and not a means of 'blocking' access. Rightsholders will
> acquire the "image" conferred by whatever sort of DRM approach (positive or
> negative) they adopt (with consequent PR implications)."
> 
> In other words they are saying, don't treat your customers as thieves!
> 
> Chuck Hamaker
> Associate University Librarian for Collections and Technical Services
> Atkins Library
> University of North Carolina Charlotte
> 704 687-2825
> 
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