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From: Margaret Jane Radin <mradin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: June 15, 2005 7:57:09 AM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: "DRM"


I wish people would drop the term "DRM." It was coined by those who wish to claim as "rights" some things which are not actually their rights, or are at best contested. In other words, the "R" in the term "DRM" begs an important legal question. I wish people would instead use the term "TPM" (Technological Protection Measures) because at least it is neutral on whether or not those who deploy them have a "right" to do what they're doing in locking up information. And TPM happens to be the term used in the WIPO treaties, too.

BTW, I don't like to read on the list advertisements for people's forthcoming articles. To me that is spam. There are plenty of sources that inform us what is in the literature.

Peggy Radin



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