Comments on: FTC DRM comments: Industry groups speak up for, against DRM http://www.teleread.org/2009/02/28/ftc-comments/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:57:10 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Chris Meadows http://www.teleread.org/2009/02/28/ftc-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-1016370 Chris Meadows Sun, 01 Mar 2009 18:56:46 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/02/28/ftc-drm-town-hall-meeting-selected-public-comments/#comment-1016370 <b>@Francis:</b> Yep, though a lot of those are those polished, well-written advocacy group screeds. There are perhaps an equal number of or fewer well-written screeds on the opposite side, and the rest of the anti-DRM'ers are ranting consumers whose complaints have been, annoyingly, conglomerated into hard-to-read single long paragraphs by the FTC's lame-brained email system. Hopefully the fact that there are so darned many aggravated consumer responses will clue the FTC in that the CIAA and RIAA <i>et al</i> don't have a clue what they're talking about. Nicely-written blog post. I'm sorry I missed seeing the one about Intel. @Francis: Yep, though a lot of those are those polished, well-written advocacy group screeds. There are perhaps an equal number of or fewer well-written screeds on the opposite side, and the rest of the anti-DRM’ers are ranting consumers whose complaints have been, annoyingly, conglomerated into hard-to-read single long paragraphs by the FTC’s lame-brained email system.

Hopefully the fact that there are so darned many aggravated consumer responses will clue the FTC in that the CIAA and RIAA et al don’t have a clue what they’re talking about.

Nicely-written blog post. I’m sorry I missed seeing the one about Intel.

]]> By: FrancisT http://www.teleread.org/2009/02/28/ftc-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-1016353 FrancisT Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:47:31 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/02/28/ftc-drm-town-hall-meeting-selected-public-comments/#comment-1016353 I've commented here - http://www.di2.nu/200903/01.htm . I think we're still at no more than a dozen or so pro-DRM comments I’ve commented here – http://www.di2.nu/200903/01.htm . I think we’re still at no more than a dozen or so pro-DRM comments

]]> By: Robbie Clarken http://www.teleread.org/2009/02/28/ftc-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-1016244 Robbie Clarken Sun, 01 Mar 2009 09:35:41 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/02/28/ftc-drm-town-hall-meeting-selected-public-comments/#comment-1016244 Nice summary. I agree with the that quote by the SIIA that DRM is a private matter between the consumer and distributor. All government should do is enforce whatever contract these two parties agree upon. (That doesn't include punishing people who never bought the content from sharing it.) That said, I think that DRM is a futile exercise that can impair the experience of the customer. I just defend the distributor's right to offer DRMed content and the customer's right to agree or decline to buy it. Nice summary. I agree with the that quote by the SIIA that DRM is a private matter between the consumer and distributor. All government should do is enforce whatever contract these two parties agree upon. (That doesn’t include punishing people who never bought the content from sharing it.) That said, I think that DRM is a futile exercise that can impair the experience of the customer. I just defend the distributor’s right to offer DRMed content and the customer’s right to agree or decline to buy it.

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