Digital Rights Management Judiciary Hearing Tomorrow

Posted by timothy on Tuesday June 4, 2002 @09:50AM from the mouse-benefits-of-today's-traps dept.

uqbar writes: "The U.S. House Subcommittee on the Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual property will be holding a hearing on June 5th at 2pm. The hearing is entitled "DRM: The Consumer Benefits of Today's Digital Rights Management Solutions." It will have live audio streams and might also be on CSPAN 2 or 3. Attendees include reps from Microsoft, Adobe, Center Span and SunnComm. I just wonder who, in that bunch, is supposedly representing the consumers, not to mention independant 'content' creators like musicians and music producers."

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At least they make a showing. by Nate+Enderle · 2002-06-04 16:31 · Score: 2, Interesting

We all know pretty well what will be decided, eg. that DRM is good for the consumer and the provider. At least the government is making a showing of discussion on the issue before they try to decide it. Any mention of any other groups involved? I am sure that the EFF would like a presence there, but most likely the consumer groups have been left out. At least this hearing isn't tied to any of the particular bills out there. If it were, I would be more woried about the lack of representation.