Found an interesting article while surfing the web. The Straits Times gives us nice info about the whole legal issue of copy devices. Despite all efforts made by copyright holders, these devices will stay here forever. According to them the solution might be: "Perhaps a compromise may be more acceptable to all parties - a version of the SDMI that is not too restrictive and yet gives something back to copyright owners." Our regular visitors will know this is one of the things we have been saying for ages. Maybe time that business people begin to realize this too.
Copyright owners have been scrambling to come up with an appropriate response. The Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI) seeks to establish a standard for the secure digital copying of music that would not leave copyright owners shortchanged.
Copyright owners might try to stem the tide, as they did with Napster, which eventually folded under the pressure of legal sanctions. But other Napster-like entities were bound to emerge. And they have.
Are the courts the best option available to copyright owners? I think not. The drive towards better copying technology is unstoppable.
Source: The Straits Times
