EU Encouraging Standardized DRM, Licensing

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "The European Commission is trying to encourage a standard licensing and DRM scheme for all of Europe, as well as 'cooperation procedures' and 'codes of conduct' for ISPs, copyright holders, and customers. No legislation has been proposed yet, but the 'cooperation procedures' sound like a push for an EU version of the DMCA Takedown Notices, which are already routinely sent to people outside the US. While simplified licensing might be nice, it's interesting that they don't appear to understand the inherent tension between standardization, interoperability and DRM — break once, copy everywhere."

Comments

Re:a better idea

[Jugalator]

sadly, we may never see such a world... Sure, you may say that you are a dreamer, but you are not the only one.

Re:It's over...

[somersault]

Yeah, because the only useful thing the internet did was help spread illegal music? Have we so quickly forgotten our roots? Won't someone please think of the porn stars? :(