more on "DRM"

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Simon Higgs <simon () higgs com>
Date: June 15, 2005 4:17:47 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Cc: mradin () stanford edu
Subject: Fwd: [IP] "DRM"


Peggy,

Sorry to burst a bubble, but the word "Right" has a specific meaning.  
There would be no Creative Commons without the word "Right" being  
etched in this old piece of parchment:

THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION
Article 1.
Section. 8.
Clause 8: To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by  
securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive  
Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;
http://www.house.gov/Constitution/Constitution.html

On the other hand, Technological Protection Measures are what  
exactly? Firewalls? Fuses? Overload shutdown circuits? Electronic  
prophylactics? Helicopters? Guns? TPM has almost zero meaning outside  
the narrow world of WIPO for the average person. But even the average  
person *KNOWS* there are Constitutionally protected Rights and they  
understand the concept of managing those rights even if they spend  
all their time trying to circumvent them.

Best Regards,

Simon Higgs



> From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
> Subject: [IP] "DRM"
> Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 11:00:50 -0400
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
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> From: Margaret Jane Radin <mradin () stanford edu>
> Date: June 15, 2005 7:57:09 AM EDT
> To: dave () farber net
> Subject: "DRM"
>
>
> I wish people would drop the term "DRM."  It was coined by those who
> wish to claim as "rights" some things which are not actually their
> rights, or are at best contested.  In other words, the "R" in the
> term "DRM" begs an important legal question.  I wish people would
> instead use the term "TPM" (Technological Protection Measures)
> because at least it is neutral on whether or not those who deploy
> them have a "right" to do what they're doing in locking up
> information.  And TPM happens to be the term used in the WIPO
> treaties, too.
>
> BTW, I don't like to read on the list advertisements for people's
> forthcoming articles.  To me that is spam.  There are plenty of
> sources that inform us what is in the literature.
>
> Peggy Radin
>
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Best Regards,

Simon Higgs



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