p2p news / p2pnet: “Mad about DRM techs or the DMCA?” – asks ZDNet’s David Berlind.

“Are you sick of and tired of C.R.A.P.?”

You’ll recall that CRAP is Berlind’s acronym for “Cancellation, Restriction, and Punishment” aka DRM.

“Do you feel like Hollywood, the record industry, and the government have gone too far with the Digital Millenium Copyright Act?” he goes on. “Do you want to see broadcast flag legislation stopped (and you should)? What about the law enforced obsoletion of that new HDTV you just bought. You know. The one where, if it lacks the new secret decoder ring (which most HDTV diplays do), it will only playback HiDef broadcasts in LoDef.”

Berlind also wonders if, like him, you want to do something but you don’t have the time to draft your own letter to your congressperson or George W.

“Then maybe you should check out the Home Recording Rights Coalition (HRRC) Web site,” he suggests.

“After entering your zip code, the HRRC’s Web site figures out who your Congressional representatives are, and then, with a few more clicks, generates an email to them as well as to President Bush on the issues of your choice (see the partial screen shot below). In the course of doing your civic duty, you can be in and out of the site in a matter of minutes. Regarding your privacy (since you have to provide some personal information), the HRRC’s Web site says.”

Also See:
Berlind’s acronym - Apple and its C.R.A.P., March 4, 2006
gone too far - Mad about DRM techs or the DMCA?, March 13, 2006

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