Darth Vader Department: RIAA still keen on DRM—plus Washington’s newest copyright outrage
Q. What do the RIAA techies have in common with so many Washington bureaucrats?
A. Job preservation is Job Number One. The head of RIAA’s tech unit “made a list of the 22 ways to sell music, and 20 of them still require DRM.”
Q. So what else are the RIAA and the rest of Washington doing to shaft the consumer?
A. Aggravating Cyber Prohibition, of course—or at least trying to, via a new bill.
DRM Alternatives—in an e-book/library context: Library books you can KEEP forever—and other ideas to help public libraries survive the digital era. No, libraries and e-bookstores can’t get rid of DRM overnight. But they can significantly reduce e-books’ reliance on this sales and lit toxin.
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