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| DATE | 2006-06-12 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Fwd: UK Report on "Digital Rights Management"
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Wow
Mostly good news
Ruben
On Mon, Jun 12, 2006 at 02:36:01PM -0400, WWWhatsup wrote:
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> >From: Brian Randell
> >Date: June 9, 2006 7:07:57 PM EDT
> >
> >
> >
> >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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