Posted by Jolly Roger on 02/10/07 04:07

On 2007-02-09 21:27:24 -0600, massello@newsguy.com (Neill Massello) said:

> Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> wrote:
>
>> Yes, but is the RIAA listening? Emphatically NO! I heard a rep from the
>> RIAA debate a lawyer from the EFF this morning on CNBC. The EFF lawyer
>> asked why not just use existing copyright law to deter copying. The RIAA
>> response was the same old stuff which amounted to 'it's not practical'
>> (my paraphrase, not a direct quote). And he didn't address Steve's point
>> about DRM 'secrets' being leaked from companies who license FairPlay.
>> Since Apple and not the RIAA would be responsible for fixing the DRM
>> protection after such a leak, the RIAA man's comments seem fatuous at
>> best.
>
> The official response from the RIAA (reported in the Wednesday's NY
> Times) and the comments by Warner's Edgar Bronfman (reported in
> Computerworld on Friday) were to misread what Jobs wrote -- so
> perversely as to leave little doubt that they are either dimwitted or
> dishonest.

"Either"? I think *both* dimwitted and dishonest.

--
JR

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