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| DATE | 2006-06-12 |
| FROM | WWWhatsup
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Fwd: UK Report on "Digital Rights Management"
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[farber]
>From: Brian Randell
>Date: June 9, 2006 7:07:57 PM EDT
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>
>The UK's Houses of Parliament's All Party Parliamentary Internet
>Group has just issued a report "Digital Rights Management", which
>can be found at:
>
>http://www.apig.org.uk/current-activities/apig-inquiry-into-digital- rights-management/DRMreport.pdf
>
> From its Summary of Recommendations:
>
>>#65 We recommend that the Government consider granting a much wider- ranging exemption to the anti-circumvention measures in the
>>CDPA for genuine academic research.
>>
>>#86 We recommend that when the advice from the Legal Deposit
>>Advisory Panel has been received, the Department for Culture, Media
>>and Sport hold a formal public consultation, not only on the
>>technical details, but also on the general principles that have
>>been established.
>>
>>#92 We recommend that the Department for Culture, Media and Sport
>>review the level of funding for pilot projects that address access
>>to eBooks by those with visual disabilities; and that action is
>>taken if they are failing to achieve positive results.
>>
>>#105 We recommend that the Office of Fair Trading (OFT)
>>bring forward appropriate labelling regulations so that it
>>will become crystal clear to consumers what they will and will
>>not be able to do with digital content that they purchase.
>>
>>#113 We recommend that the OFT labelling regulations we proposed,
>>in #105 above, should ensure that the risks are clearly spelled
>>out, at the point of purchase, whenever consumers could lose
>>access to digital content if systems are discontinued, or
>>devices fail, or players are replaced by systems from a different
>>manufacturer.
>>
>>#118 We recommend that OFCOM publish guidance to make it clear that
>>companies distributing TPM systems in the UK would, if they have
>>features such as those in Sony-BMG's MediaMax and XCP systems,
>>run a significant risk of being prosecuted for criminal actions.
>>
>>#132 We recommend that the Department of Trade and Industry
>>investigate the single-market issues that have been raised with us,
>>with a view to addressing the issue at the European level. We
>>accept the argument that other industries may soon find their
>>markets distorted by DRM systems and so we recommend rapid
>>development of the principles by which the single market
>>can continue to operate effectively.
>>
>>#135 We recommend that the government do NOT legislate to make DRM
>>systems mandatory.
>>
>>#147 We recommend that the Department of Trade and Industry revisit
>>the results of their review into their moribund "IP Advisory
>>Committee" and reconstitute it as several more focused forums.
>>One of these should be a "UK Stakeholders Group" to be
>>chaired by the British Library. It should specifically address the
>>complex issues surrounding DRM, not just from the point of view of
>>experts on the technology, but with a wide-ranging membership
>>that includes representatives of consumers, libraries and the
>>creators of content - as well as the 'usual suspects' from the
>>rights holders and content distribution industries.
>
>Some other snippets:
>
>>#65 We recommend that the Government consider granting a much wider- ranging exemption to the anti-circumvention measures in the
>>CDPA for genuine academic research.
>>
>>#86 We recommend that when the advice from the Legal Deposit
>>Advisory Panel has been received, the Department for Culture, Media
>>and Sport hold a formal public consultation, not only on the
>>technical details, but also on the general principles that have
>>been established.
>>
>>#92 We recommend that the Department for Culture, Media and Sport
>>review the level of funding for pilot projects that address access
>>to eBooks by those with visual disabilities; and that action is
>>taken if they are failing to achieve positive results.
>>
>>#105 We recommend that the Office of Fair Trading (OFT)
>>bring forward appropriate labelling regulations so that it
>>will become crystal clear to consumers what they will and will
>>not be able to do with digital content that they purchase.
>>
>>#113 We recommend that the OFT labelling regulations we proposed,
>>in #105 above, should ensure that the risks are clearly spelled
>>out, at the point of purchase, whenever consumers could lose
>>access to digital content if systems are discontinued, or
>>devices fail, or players are replaced by systems from a different
>>manufacturer.
>>
>>#118 We recommend that OFCOM publish guidance to make it clear that
>>companies distributing TPM systems in the UK would, if they have
>>features such as those in Sony-BMG's MediaMax and XCP systems,
>>run a significant risk of being prosecuted for criminal actions.
>>
>>#132 We recommend that the Department of Trade and Industry
>>investigate the single-market issues that have been raised with us,
>>with a view to addressing the issue at the European level. We
>>accept the argument that other industries may soon find their
>>markets distorted by DRM systems and so we recommend rapid
>>development of the principles by which the single market
>>can continue to operate effectively.
>>
>>#135 We recommend that the government do NOT legislate to make DRM
>>systems mandatory.
>>
>>#147 We recommend that the Department of Trade and Industry revisit
>>the results of their review into their moribund "IP Advisory
>>Committee" and reconstitute it as several more focused forums.
>>One of these should be a "UK Stakeholders Group" to be
>>chaired by the British Library. It should specifically address the
>>complex issues surrounding DRM, not just from the point of view of
>>experts on the technology, but with a wide-ranging membership
>>that includes representatives of consumers, libraries and the
>>creators of content - as well as the 'usual suspects' from the
>>rights holders and content distribution industries.
>
>
>--
>School of Computing Science, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon
>Tyne,
>NE1 7RU, UK
>EMAIL = Brian.Randell-at-ncl.ac.uk PHONE = +44 191 222 7923
>FAX = +44 191 222 8232 URL = http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/~brian.randell/
>
>
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