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Mandatory DRM for Podcasts Proposed

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the good-idea-bad-idea dept.

Knytefall writes "Joe Biden, Dianne Feinstein, and two GOP senators are sponsoring a bill called the PERFORM Act that would require podcasts with music and satellite radio to be locked-up with music industry-approved DRM software. From the article: 'All audio services — Webcasters included — would be obligated to implement "reasonably available and economically reasonable" copy-protection technology aimed at preventing "music theft" and restricting automatic recording.'"

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  1. Re:Completely ludicrous by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    As ever; it's a trick. Start with a demand for this then back of to death sentences for playing your music to your sister. That'll seem reaonable. The only reasonable reaction is to demand a reduction of copyright to maximum three months and then back off up to five years, with automatic imprisonment (min sentence five years, lifetime loss of all rights to be involved in politics) for anything which infringes on fair use in any way.

  2. Allow me to be the first to say by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    FUCK YOU, Dianne Feinstein and company.

    Seriously, fuck you and your corporate bought ass.