RIAA Says Future DRM Might “Threaten Critical Infrastructure and Potentially Endanger Lives”

This Freedom to Tinker article by Ed Felten includes:

The CCIA and Open Source and Industry Association made an even simpler request for an exemption for DRM systems that “employ access control measures which threaten critical infrastructure and potentially endanger lives.” Who could oppose that?

The BSA, RIAA, MPAA, and friends — that’s who.

There is a growing awareness that DRM systems which presume the owner of communications devices are "the attacker" are incompatible with network and computer security which is designed to ensure that the owner (and not a third party) are in control.