European Commission considers mandatory digital rights management

• From: Susanne Guth <susanne.guth@wu-wien.ac.at>
• Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2002 17:46:44 +0100
• To: www-drm@w3.org
• Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.0.20020304174429.0395d440@isis.wu-wien.ac.at>

>As the U.S. Congress weighs mandatory digital rights management, the
>European Commission is also looking into the topic. A 43-page EC
>study of digital rights management gives a nod to fair use and privacy
>-- and then says DRM schemes are not only inevitable but a fabulous idea.
>
>A key excerpt from the study says the EC "should continue to encourage
>all players to develop operational, open and interoperable DRM
>solutions and to deploy them rapidly." (Apparently the EC has been
>funding such schemes for the last decade.)
>
>EC study here in PDF form:
>http://www.politechbot.com/docs/european.commission.drm.030202.pdf

Received on Monday, 4 March 2002 11:44:33 UTC