Reverend J used our newssubmit to tell us that he found a story on CNN.com, as he writes: Got this from CNN, as usual they have a anti-mp3 bias, since the WB-AOL does own them. And they left a whole 1 paragraph for people who thing the SDMI was crap, figures.
SDMI was once the technology that should prevent people from ripping, copying and sharing digital media. The idea was to use a hard to hack watermark to prevent this, but the projectfailed big-time and the watermark was hacked in no time. But now there is an organistation that wants to do the same as the SDMI but better:
Another organization appears poised to pick up where SDMI left off. |
The newly formed Digital Media Device Association intends to develop specifications for digital entertainment on portable devices. The group has about 40 members who have been meeting monthly since January, but little else is known about the effort and its director, Tom White, refused to offer details.
Some in government appear to be losing patience with the lack of a solution to securing digital content. Sen. Ernest "Fritz" Hollings, Democrat-South Carolina, has proposed a bill to require any "interactive digital device" sold in the United States to prevent users from making unauthorized copies of copyright material.
If the private sector doesn't agree on copy-protection methods within two years, the government would determine the standard.
Read the entire article on CNN here. Let's hope they soon will find out that restricting the consumers is not the way to go.
Source: CNN.com
