University of Ottawa law professor Jeremy deBeer notices some critical language at the Copyright Board that suggests the industry is trying to mandate DRM for all online music.
The proposed tariff says that, as a condition of the licence, "an online music service shall use all technical and other means available to it to ensure that reproductions made by a user are exclusively for that user’s private use." Is this provision really what it appears to be: mandatory DRM for Canada's online music market?
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What happens if a popular online music store like eMusic wanted to continue selling DRM-free music? Could they be sued? Could they negotiate a separate agreement, and even if so, would they be at a competitive disadvantage? Will consumers just have to accept DRM if they want to pay for music?
Update: I have written a 2'nd letter to the copyright board which provides more detail on this issue.
Intresting.
Were all going to lose on this if this flys.
Wonder were that leave the Indies ....? No DRM no Play on the online market ...?
I my self find that there is no standard for DRM so all those DRM/TPM's running in the background eating away all those CPU cycles and causeing instabilaty with other programs.
It's my Machine hands off Media/software companys
I wrote the copyright board / Everyone should write their MP
I wrote a letter to the copyright board on this issue.
Trying to intervene in the Copyright Board process is expensive, so I won't be able to follow through with that if the board doesn't take initiative. This is something that everyone should be writing their MPs about, to ensure that DRM mandates don't come in through a back door.
Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) consultant.