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thibaulthalpern · 06-05-2009, 01:51 AM

Hmmm...how about reading the actual manuscript? Here it is:

http://www.law.cam.ac.uk/faculty-res...ssessment/6286

Or you could read the abstract and recommendations here: http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2009/...al-assessment/

I think the conclusions are worth reading. It much less sensationalises Ars Technica's own title and really gets to actual problems rather than using loosey-goosey phrase such as "makes pirates out of all of us". The conclusions are much more nuanced and meaningful than that.

A key conclusion is that DRM can prevent permissible acts from being executed in the U.K: "Although DRM has not impacted on many acts permitted by law, certain permitted acts are being adversely affected by the use of DRM [emphasis mine]."

06-05-2009, 01:51 AM	#15
thibaulthalpern Evangelist Posts: 478 Karma: 451808 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: California, USA Device: my two eyes, KLiiK, Sony PRS-700	Hmmm...how about reading the actual manuscript? Here it is: http://www.law.cam.ac.uk/faculty-res...ssessment/6286 Or you could read the abstract and recommendations here: http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2009/...al-assessment/ I think the conclusions are worth reading. It much less sensationalises Ars Technica's own title and really gets to actual problems rather than using loosey-goosey phrase such as "makes pirates out of all of us". The conclusions are much more nuanced and meaningful than that. A key conclusion is that DRM can prevent permissible acts from being executed in the U.K: "Although DRM has not impacted on many acts permitted by law, certain permitted acts are being adversely affected by the use of DRM [emphasis mine]." Last edited by thibaulthalpern; 06-05-2009 at 02:04 AM. Reason: clarification