FTC Warns Against Deceptive DRM

Posted by kdawson on Friday March 27, 2009 @05:31AM from the we'll-come-calling dept.

Jane Q. Public writes "At the Federal Trade Commission's Seattle conference on DRM, FTC Director Mary Engle started off by referencing the Sony rootkit debacle, and said that companies are going to have to get serious about disclosing DRM that may affect the usability of products. She also said that disclosure via the fine print in a EULA is not good enough, and 'If your advertising giveth and your EULA taketh away, don't be surprised if the FTC comes calling.' Transcripts and webcasts are available from the FTC website." Update 18:13 GMT by SM: as Jane Q. Public was nice enough to diplomatically point out, the webcasts are no longer functioning, but transcripts are still available.

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hey hey hey by Anonymous Coward · 2009-03-27 05:41 · Score: -1, Offtopic

yoyoyo!
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Oops by hax0r_this · 2009-03-27 06:37 · Score: 1, Offtopic

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