Re: [Fsfe-uk] TV show about copyright, the Internet and DRM

[Alex Hudson]

On Thu, 2006-04-27 at 20:16 +0100, Shane M. Coughlan wrote:
> It's great that they thought to ask someone from Free Software to have a
> word.  They wanted a "technical" balance on their show, and a talking
> head to explain technology and talk about the downside of DRM.  Sounds
> like the Legal TV research is pretty progressive and well informed with
> regards the current issues in digital copyright land.

To be honest, you'll find consumer groups in general are pretty au fait
with the problems DRM causes, and the solutions. At the recent APIG
enquiry, it was the consumer groups - not the digital cognoscenti - who
were most eloquent in their opposition to these technologies.

DRM isn't something you need to go into technical terms over. People who
don't understand the tech. can readily understand the problems when
explained.

Cheers,

Alex.