NoFear
6th January 2004, 22:15
As posted on the news on the front page:
In Belgium, it looks like the RIAAs crusade to make our CDs unusable (AKA copy protection that makes CDs non specs compliant) is about to encounter some resistance: The consumer watchdog organization Test-Achats is suing RIAA members EMI, Sony, BMG and Universal for "violation of the elementary right for private copies". They demand that no CDs must be equipped with measures to prevent private copying and that existing CDs with those measures be withdrawn from the market. That gives me an idea: Why don't we all contact similar organizations in our respective countries and ask them to look into this? Wouldn't "do something against copyright holders that try to circumcise our right to fair use" be a good new year's resolution?
Alright. That said... anybody know of some good organizations that might do something like this?
In Belgium, it looks like the RIAAs crusade to make our CDs unusable (AKA copy protection that makes CDs non specs compliant) is about to encounter some resistance: The consumer watchdog organization Test-Achats is suing RIAA members EMI, Sony, BMG and Universal for "violation of the elementary right for private copies". They demand that no CDs must be equipped with measures to prevent private copying and that existing CDs with those measures be withdrawn from the market. That gives me an idea: Why don't we all contact similar organizations in our respective countries and ask them to look into this? Wouldn't "do something against copyright holders that try to circumcise our right to fair use" be a good new year's resolution?
Alright. That said... anybody know of some good organizations that might do something like this?