MPAA Committed To Fair Use and DRM

Posted by kdawson on Thursday April 26, 2007 @03:52AM from the crack-in-the-wall dept.

Doctor Jay writes "At a LexisNexis Conference on DRM this week, MPAA's Dan Glickman announced that the MPAA was fine with consumers ripping DVDs for portable video players and home media servers. 'In his speech to industry insiders at the posh Beverly Hills Four Seasons hotel, Glickman repeatedly stressed that DRM must be made to work without constricting consumers. The goal, he said, was "to make things simpler for the consumer," and he added that the movie studios were open to "a technology summit" featuring academics, IT companies, and content producers to work on the issues involved.'"

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Re:We'll believe it when we see it. by blibbler · 2007-04-26 06:42 · Score: 0, Flamebait

"Backed up"? Give me a break! How many people do you know who "back up" their CDs? How many people "back up" their books? Invariably, when someone says they want to "back up" their DVDs they mean "copy", and they don't mean for their personal use. "Fair Use" does not mean "give a copy to a friend"