MPAA Committed To Fair Use and DRM

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.'"

Comments

The Shoulders of "Giants"

[Applekid]

So, who picked this guy to be the successor to Jack Valenti who once famously said: "If you need a backup copy of a DVD you can go out and buy another one." Was it Valenti who choose/endorse the succesor, or did the board vote him in?

So back then the voice of the MPAA was just blowing smoke?

Re:We'll believe it when we see it.

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Sony recalled the discs that recently came out and would not play on standard licensed players. Google around, you'll find the news.

Re:If the MPAA sold fruit

[cpt kangarooski]

No, 1967, assuming the patent was granted in 1950. The term was 17 years from issue then, now it's 20 years from filing.

Have you read the DMCA?

[geekoid]

`(c) OTHER RIGHTS, ETC., NOT AFFECTED- (1) Nothing in this section shall affect rights, remedies, limitations, or defenses to copyright infringement, including fair use, under this title.

While companies are abusing it, it really does allow for fair use circumvention.

then this:

                          (1) CIRCUMVENTION PERMITTED- Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a)(1)(A), it is not a violation of that subsection for a person to circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this title, if--

                                    `(A) the technological measure, or the work it protects, contains the capability of collecting or disseminating personally identifying information reflecting the online activities of a natural person who seeks to gain access to the work protected;

                                    `(B) in the normal course of its operation, the technological measure, or the work it protects, collects or disseminates personally identifying information about the person who seeks to gain access to the work protected, without providing conspicuous notice of such collection or dissemination to such person, and without providing such person with the capability to prevent or restrict such collection or dissemination;

                                    `(C) the act of circumvention has the sole effect of identifying and disabling the capability described in subparagraph (A), and has no other effect on the ability of any person to gain access to any work; and

                                    `(D) the act of circumvention is carried out solely for the purpose of preventing the collection or dissemination of personally identifying information about a natural person who seeks to gain access to the work protected, and is not in violation of any other law.

So, for example, When MS embedded information gathering into their file, they were no longer protected by anti-circumvention.

And if the copyright holder gives you permission to circumvent.

The problems with the DMCA are:
a) more subtle then most people relize
b) abused by companies
c) To open ended.

Re:If the MPAA sold fruit

[Anonymous Coward]

Considering that with a lot fruit you can in fact plant them and get more, what's your point?

Re:Fair use

[Knuckles]

What money did Da Vinci need to raise in order to create the Mona Lisa

Bad, BAD example. He was supported by a long string of aristocrats, and many of his works were commissioned. He maintained a whole workshop.