A lobbyist for the Motion Picture Association of America has predicted that copyright technology will be obliged on all electronic devices soon and has told the industry to move quickly to choose standards for wrapping digital content in uncopyable layers of encryption.
Because if they don't the federal government will do it and they won't be able to control it.
Valenti's remarks came during a one-day workshop titled "Understanding Broadband Demand: Digital Content and Rights Management." Organized by the U.S. Commerce Department, it was designed to ask whether some form of digital rights management is required before more broadband content appears online. |
Hanging over the event was the specter of federal legislation to embed digital rights management in any "interactive digital device," from personal computers to wristwatches. Sen. Fritz Hollings (D-South Carolina) has circulated drafts of his bill, the Security Systems Standards and Certification Act (SSSCA), which is on hold until Congress is done with spending measures and work related to Sept. 11.
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Source: Wired.com
