[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]
List: dmca-discuss
Subject: [DMCA_discuss] Intel letter to Hollings
From: "Jon O." <jono () networkcommand ! com>
Date: 2002-02-28 23:53:01
[Download RAW message or body]
----- Forwarded message from David Farber <dave@farber.net> -----
Delivered-To: ip-sub-1-outgoing@admin.listbox.com
Delivered-To: ip-sub-1@majordomo.pobox.com
X-Sender: dfarber@pop.fast.net
X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 19:07:22 -0500
To: ip-sub-1@majordomo.pobox.com
From: David Farber <dave@farber.net>
Subject: IP: a letter from Vadasz to Senator Hollings etc
after his testimony
Precedence: list
Reply-To: farber@cis.upenn.edu
February 28, 2002
Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee
508 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20010
Dear Chairman Hollings and members of the Committee:
I write to thank you for the opportunity to testify today before
the committee on the important issues of content protection for digital
media. After my appearance today, I received a number of questions from
members of the press about a few key points and I wanted to convey to the
members of the committee my answers to those questions to be included in
the record of the hearing, with the Committee's permission. I believe this
additional information will help the committee understand more fully the IT
perspective.
I reiterate that the CPTWG cross-industry working group has
developed effective technology that is available today that can and will
protect new digital, secured content from being pirated on the Internet. If
it is protected "at the source" it will always be protected from the
illegal activities of Internet pirates. Sony Pictures and AOL-Time/Warner
have in fact licensed this technology.
However, there was a point of confusion injected before the
Committee by Mr. Eisner and Mr. Chernin, specifically: the securing of
unprotected content from Internet piracy. It is important for the Committee
to understand that content, once captured in "unprotected" form, can never
be put back in the "bottle" and protected against copying on the Internet.
This is because this unprotected media looks no different to digital
devices than a home movie that you would send to a relative or friend.
There is no watermark, chip device, or screening system that will ever
effectively put an end to this problem. Only the passage of time as new
content is released with the required protection technologies will
eventually solve Internet piracy. Mr. Perry, who co-chairs the relevant
working group within the CPTWG, also made this clear.
Another major point of misunderstanding is our differing
perspectives on the role of the PC in the hands of the consumer. Mr.
Eisner's characterization of the phrase "rip, mix, burn" as emblematic of
our industry's perspective on piracy is utterly false. What the content
community fails to recognize is that these utilities the ability to copy
content, remix and manage it and port it to other storage media for
personal use in a protected fashion are features that consumers have come
to expect. The ability to rip, mix and burn in a protected manner is not
piracy, it is simply fair use of content as permitted by law.
As I said, we will continue to work with all interested parties on
these important issues, as they are vitally important to our industries and
the nation's economy. Thank you again for the opportunity to present our
position on these important matters.
Sincerely,
Leslie L. Vadasz
Executive Vice President
Intel Corporation
For archives see:
http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
----- End forwarded message -----
_______________________________________________
------------------------
http://www.anti-dmca.org
------------------------
DMCA_discuss mailing list
DMCA_discuss@lists.microshaft.org
http://lists.microshaft.org/mailman/listinfo/dmca_discuss
[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]
Configure |
About |
News |
Add a list |
Sponsored by KoreLogic