DRM/Watermarking/Filtering
Concerns over copyright infringement in the digital environment frequently lead to calls for technology-based solutions. Technological protections, however, must take careful account of possible effects for consumers, privacy, free expression, and fair use. Any government effort to mandate technologies is likely to have a major negative impact on innovation, and no technology-based approach can offer silver-bullet protection that will eliminate infringement completely.
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Sony BMG Rootkit Settlement Reaffirms Key Consumer Rights Press Release: Contact: David McGuire (202) 637-9800 x106 WASHINGTON -- The Federal Trade Commission's... |
2/27/2007 | |
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CDT Offers Recommendations on Broadcast Flag Legislation Statement: As Congress considers mandating a "broadcast flag" regime to protect digital television... |
8/25/2005 |
Policy Posts deliver in-depth analysis of current issues affecting the Internet. These documents are a leading resource for policy makers, the press, industry representatives, students, and others interested in legal and policy issues affecting the Internet.
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| CDT Highlights Broadcast Flag Issues in Advance of Possible Legislative Push | Creators of video content have raised concerns that as digital technology advances and network... | 10/5/2005 | |
| CDT Proposes Balanced Framework for Online Copyright Protection | The ongoing debate about the legal and technical means to protect copyright in the digital age has... | 6/7/2005 | |
| CDT Urges FCC to Protect Internet In Defining DTV Broadcast Flag | CDT submitted comments to the Federal Communications Commission on January 13 in the latest round... | 2/19/2004 |
Find all our latest testimony, papers, and other reports here.
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Evaluating DRM: Building a Marketplace for the Convergent World Report: As digital rights management technologies are increasingly integrated into media products, devices... |
David Sohn | 9/7/2006 | |
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Testimony of Leslie Harris [pdf] Testimony: Testimony of Leslie Harris [pdf] before the Senate Commerce Committee, on "Broadcast Flag.... |
Leslie Harris | 1/24/2006 | |
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Letter to Represenatives Barton, Dingell re: broadcast flag Letter: |
10/6/2005 | ||
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Letter to Senators Stevens, Inouye re: Broadcast Flag Letter: |
10/6/2005 | ||
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Lessons of the FCC Broadcast Flag Process Report: A federal appeals court vacated the FCC’s broadcast flag rules in May 2005, putting the question of... |
Jerry Berman | 9/19/2005 |