Open Rights Group wades into DRM debate - Security Strategy - Breaking Business and Technology News at silicon.com
Open Rights Group wades into DRM debate - Security Strategy - Breaking Business and Technology News at silicon.com:
An MP's suggestion that the British Library moderate the debate over digital rights management (DRM) and copyright law has been welcomed by cyber rights campaigners.
Suw Charman, executive director of the Open Rights Group (ORG), said on Wednesday that the British Library would be "an excellent facilitator" of DRM debate.
She said: "There definitely needs to be a wider debate around DRM. Libraries understand copyright in great detail, and the British Library especially has a great deal of experience in the nuances of DRM and copyright law. It would be a fantastic facilitator of public debate."
The British Library seemed surprised at MP Derek Wyatt's suggestion on Tuesday that it lead the debate on DRM and present results to government but has indicated its willingness to "play a part".
Lynne Brindley, chief executive of the British Library, told the Westminster eForum on DRM: "The library will maintain a balanced view between extremes in debates on rights protection. A healthy creative economy needs an intellectual-property framework that rewards creativity."
Charman agreed with Wyatt's assertion that copyright often doesn't benefit the creator.