The Digital Media Manifesto
Leonardo Chiariglione,
Oct 02, 2003
This interesting document kept me working late today. Organized by the founder of MPEG, Leonardo Chiariglione, a group composed of a number of DRM experts drafted a document intended to end the DRM "stalemate" currently stalling the digital content industry. I'm dissatisfied with the final document, as it incorporates a proposal to monitor compliance with, ahem, "business rules." Look, it's like photo radar and keystroke monitoring: people don't want 'Big brother' watching their every action to make sure they comply with the rules (goodness knows, there's enough latitude on the provider side of the equation). The system won't work until the business rules (and the business models) themselves are rethought, but this proposal doesn't address that. So-called content consumers do not want (sharply delineated) "rights" - they want freedom - the freedom to access, the freedom to share, the freedom to create, the freedom to publish. If you don't get this, you don't get the internet. And you don't get DRM peace.
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