Consumer Technology Bill of Rights? 264
thrilliams writes "The WSJ's Walt Mossberg has a story about DigitalConsumer.org, a new lobbying group that's pressing for a Consumer Technology Bill of Rights. It would aim to protect the right to time shift and space shift media, make backups, allow for platform independence and translation between formats. Given the current DCMA/SSSCA climate, even these basic rights seem ambitious, but check them out and do what you can to support this nascent effort." There's also an NYT article on the SSSCA debate, with an unintentionally humorous quote from the head of News Corporation (which owns 20th Century Fox): "without copyright protection we will change our business models".
Rights (Score:4, Funny)
Place your bets (Score:1, Funny)
At least they have the first step down good (Score:4, Funny)
Step 1, Admit that you have a problem.
Re:Well (Score:2, Funny)
I understand. Just last week, I did the same sort of thing. Went to the doctor and mentioned to him that a friend of mine has a burning sensation when he urinates. Funny thing is, the prescription is in my name.
Re:If the tables were turned? (Score:5, Funny)
Turnabout is fair use (Score:5, Funny)
"I believe if you say to these people, `You get us a system by Dec. 31 or we'll do it for you,' you'll be surprised at how innovative they'll become," Mr. Eisner told the lawmakers at last month's hearing.
Let's turn that around, and pretend I'm Intel for a moment:
"I believe if you say to the RIAA, `You find a new business model by Dec. 31 or we'll do it for you,' you'll be surprised at how quickly they'll adapt to current technology," Intel told the lawmakers at next month's hearing.
There, see how easy that was??
When Harry Met Sally (Score:3, Funny)
Oh Yes! OH YES! OH YES! YES! YES! YES! YES!!
Andy's karma just went up a few notches there...