The leading trade associations for the music and technology industries, which have been at loggerheads over consumers downloading songs on the Internet, have negotiated a compromise they contend will protect copyrights on movies and music without new government involvement. [AP]
And who was representing the customers' interests when this deal was done?
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by D. Weinberger at January 14, 2003 12:12 PM
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If this isn't a clear enough example of corporate power triumphing over democratic power, I don't know what is. $1 = 1 vote. We all just lost our fair use rights today.
Now imagine in about two years, when even Joe Average "consumer" will be outraged that s/he lost all of the freedoms they once had with the media they bought, and it will be too late, as all devices will have DRM.
Posted by: Paul | January 14, 2003 01:57 PM
exactly...
Posted by: Sarge | January 14, 2003 09:17 PM