CRF Reveals Draft of New DRM Technology 197
scubacuda writes "PC Advisor and others report that the CRF (Content Reference Forum), a new, cross-industry standards organisation that boasts Universal Music Group, Microsoft, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) and VeriSign among its members, has unveiled a new specification for a DRM technology.
A draft of CRF Baseline Profile 1.0 is available for public review and comment." According to a report on CNET News, the "the [CRF-created] file would set up a process that automatically delivers files in the right format and potentially triggers an automatic payment system that could be changed moment to moment by the content distributor."
Yup! (Score:3, Informative)
It's called "bait n' switch, internet style"
Re:Painting (Score:4, Informative)
Well, the painting was finished in 1512 [hlla.com] and copyrights didn't exist until 1710, [copyrighthistory.com] so I doubt it.
Not executable (Score:4, Informative)
Re:"Automatic" (Score:3, Informative)
The problem is going to be getting the original authorization and insuring the user is informed of the obligations incurred by using the product, as well as informing the user if those obligations change. My suspicion is that this is going to require more that a click through license. It has to be solid enough to insure the user cannot call the credit card company and ask for a cancelation of charges.
This is going to limit the flexibility of the system. If a user is presented with a charge confirmation screen every time a song is downloaded to a portable device or a movie is played, it is unlikely the consumer will frequently deal with that content.
Re:Same as it always was (Score:1, Informative)
Shakespeare didn't have copyright protection
Actually, Copyright would have gotten in Shakespeare's way! While Shakespeare was exceptionally good at writing plays, he was not very good at coming up with original plots; instead, he used history or copied other people's stories.
For example, in 1562 Arthur Brooke published Romeus and Juliet. Romeo and Juilet, which was first preformed around 1595, is a copy of Brooke's work. In fact, it would most certainly have be considered a "devrivative work" according to current US law. If our system of copyrigthts had existed in the 1500s, Shakespeare whould have never written Romeo and Juilet.