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Antitrust Violations Using DRM
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posted by mpawlo
on Saturday February 01, @09:11AM
from the trade-restriction dept.
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John T. Mitchell writes "The 'content industry' is increasing pressure upon the technology and consumer electronics industries to 'cut a deal' on embedding new software and hardware with technologies designed to obey the instructions of the copyright holder. This may be fine when the instructions pertain to copyrights, such as 'copy once' or 'copy twice.' But when the instructions would allow the copyright holders to control rights they don’t have, such as 'play once,' or 'play only on this computer,' those who agree to design software and hardware to obey such instructions could be flirting with high tech antitrust violations. These 'automated agreements in restraint of trade' are discussed in the short analytical article at http://interactionlaw.com/interactionlaw/id11.html that calls into question the real agenda of some participants in industry standard-setting groups and warns good faith collaborators to beware."
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