FTC Town Hall to Address Digital Rights Management Technologies[SIZE=2]
Event Takes Place Wednesday, March 25, 2009, in Seattle
[/SIZE] The Federal Trade Commission and the Technology Law and Public Policy Clinic at the University of Washington School of Law will host a conference on the use of digital rights management technologies, a widespread practice that is expected to become increasingly prevalent in the U.S. marketplace in the coming years.
Digital rights management (DRM) refers to technologies typically used by hardware manufacturers, publishers, and copyright holders to attempt to control how consumers access and use media and entertainment content. Among other issues, the workshop will address the need to improve disclosures to consumers about DRM limitations.
you can read the entire thing at http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/12/drm.shtm
you can read more about this and send comments to the ftc via form
https://secure.commentworks.com/ftc-DRMtechnologies/
or email your comments about DRM to [email protected]