-
DRM changes the rules
October 7, 2005One of the problems that libraries will increasingly face as they accept digital content controlled by DRM (“digital rights management”) technologies is that these technologies allow content providers (e.g., publishers, distributors) to change the rules for access to that content at any time. Two recent articles address this issue and explain it. While Berlind does [...]
-
Will U.S. policy fracture the Net?
October 4, 2005Power grab could split the Net, By Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com, October 3, 2005. This week’s column by McCullagh ask the question “Will the U.N./Bush administration split the Net?” In a worst case scenario, “we could end up with a Balkanized Internet in which the U.S. attempts to retain control of its root servers and [...]
-
Shrink-wrap licenses and libraries
October 4, 2005By Tearing Open That Cardboard Box, Are You Also Signing on the Dotted Line? – By J. D. BIERSDORFER, New York Times, October 3, 2005 This article is about patented products and how companies (specifically Lexmark, the printer cartridge maker) are trying (and succeeding) to force limitations based on licensing. I was thinking about this [...]