__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Monday 25 September 2006 23:41 \__
> begin oe_protect.scr
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> 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.
>
> For our US readers, an ass is a donkey, not an arse. Although you can
> sit on both an arse and an ass at the same time. Read Shakespeare's A
> Midsummer Night's Dream for more... or better still, go to see it.
That Labor Conference is keeping me away from the gym for a week (it shut the
hotel). Well, this gives me 15 more hours on the Net. *smile*
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