[Air-l] "It can't be legal unless you pay for it"

[Heidelberg, Chris]

Dan:

Of course, you are correct, I forgot about the Sony case with cd's. I
guess what I should have communicated is that I am waiting for the first
Supreme Court case that rules against DRM in whole or at least in part
because it limits fair use and copying for personal use as provided for
under the Sony Betamax decision in 1984. It would appear that the
electronics makers have capitulated to the entertainment companies by
placing DRM in their new devices. TiVo, Sony and others have all fallen
in line with policy. I would think that the companies that buck this
trend and partner with the telecoms could defeat the entertainment lobby
since the telecoms and even the utility company who will be entering the
business soon have the money and the Congressional influence to
successfully challenge the content lobby. By the way, is it safe to
assume that DRM was held to be legal except for the Sony fiasco.

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Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 3:15 PM
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Subject: Re: [Air-l] "It can't be legal unless you pay for it"

On 28 Feb 2006, Heidelberg, Chris wrote:
>
> I am
> waiting for the first lawsuit that is filed in the U.S. against 
> digital rights management.

Then you missed it -- actually, them.  There have been at least two or
three that I can think of offhand, in both federal and state court.  DLB

Dan L. Burk
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University of Minnesota Law School
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