Thanks to jab1981 we know that the Alliance for Digital Progress (ADP), which includes Microsoft, Dell Computer, Motorola and the Information Technology Association of America, will fight efforts by Hollywood to make the government design anti-copying technology:
"Hollywood leaders ... would have organized the monks to burn down Gutenberg's printing press, if they were alive during that period of rapid change and innovation," ITAA President Harris N. Miller said. "Legislators have heard Hollywood's pleas to stifle innovation, but more education will help them make informed decisions. We look forward to working with ADP to make sure all sides are heard when it comes to digital rights management." |
But Hollywood executives say too many consumers are duplicating creative works illegally, and they blame Silicon Valley companies for creating products that make it easy to copy and distribute creative works on the Internet.
As a reason for their fight the ADP group claims that anti-copying technology would crimp product innovation and trample consumers' rights. Personally I think it has more to do with the ADP group fearing a profit loss because of a possible consumer' boycott of products with anti-copying technology. You won't hear me complaining though...
Source: Yahoo! News
