kooligan used our newssubmit to tell us that an US congress congressman says he plans to introduce legislation banning, or at least regulating, compact discs outfitted with a copy protection technology.
"Suffice to say, there probably will be a legislative response to ensure that consumer rights will be protected," Boucher said in an interview. |
Boucher's complaints are twofold: Americans may not know they're buying crippled discs, and that the new discs don't work on all players. "The big problem initially is that consumers have no information that is complete and reliable about the disabilities which attend copy-protected CDs," Boucher said. "These CDs will not play in DVD players, not play on personal computers (and) not even play on all CD players."
If you read the entire article you will also note that lawyers are not even sure if the copy protections as used nowadays are even legal.
It's good to hear that at least someone is defending the consumers right. As once said, power to the people !
Source: Wired.com
