__/ [ Roy Schestowitz ] on Monday 25 September 2006 22:21 \__
> British Library calls for digital copyright action
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> | In a manifesto released on Monday at the Labor Party Conference
> | in Manchester, the United Kingdom's national library warned that the
> | country's traditional copyright law needs to be extended to fully
> | recognize digital content.
> |
> | "Unless there is a serious updating of copyright law to recognize
> | the changing technological environment, the law becomes an ass,"
> | Lynne Brindley, chief executive of the British Library, told ZDNet
> | UK.
> `----
>
> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6119043.html
>
> It's /not/ the first time that British libraries warm about the dangers of
> DRM (encryption). Perhaps DRM will reach its demise before Vista is even
> released.
More elaborate discussion in Groklaw:
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20060925160433781
The British Library Gets It!
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