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Technology executives said Monday that they're ready to work with Hollywood to prevent piracy but they're concerned that studios' efforts could undermine file-swapping technology. In a joint missive to studio chiefs, signed by Microsoft's Steve Ballmer, Intel's Craig Barrett, Dell Computer's Michael Dell and others, technology CEOs said they were ready to sit down with movie industry representatives to discuss anti-piracy issues--but only if the studios agree that technology can't solve all their problems. With several conditions attached, the letter represented only a qualified olive branch extended toward the studios, which have criticized technology companies for turning a blind eye to Net piracy.
Technology executives said Monday that they're ready to work with Hollywood to prevent piracy but they're concerned that studios' efforts could undermine file-swapping technology.
In a joint missive to studio chiefs, signed by Microsoft's Steve Ballmer, Intel's Craig Barrett, Dell Computer's Michael Dell and others, technology CEOs said they were ready to sit down with movie industry representatives to discuss anti-piracy issues--but only if the studios agree that technology can't solve all their problems.
With several conditions attached, the letter represented only a qualified olive branch extended toward the studios, which have criticized technology companies for turning a blind eye to Net piracy.
If he finds himself dining at Spago anytime soon, Gateway CEO Ted Waitt isn't likely to receive any bear hugs from the Hollywood moguls who favor this perennial Los Angeles hot spot. That's because Gateway's chief executive officer finds himself on the other side of a bitter digital divide from the entertainment industry over the issue of digital music downloads. Throw in an opportunity for a grandstanding politician or two, and you have the makings of a grand donnybrook.
If he finds himself dining at Spago anytime soon, Gateway CEO Ted Waitt isn't likely to receive any bear hugs from the Hollywood moguls who favor this perennial Los Angeles hot spot.
That's because Gateway's chief executive officer finds himself on the other side of a bitter digital divide from the entertainment industry over the issue of digital music downloads. Throw in an opportunity for a grandstanding politician or two, and you have the makings of a grand donnybrook.
For years, consumers and electronics manufacturers have had an unwritten agreement. Shoppers keep spending billions of dollars to upgrade their gadgetry, knowing their investments will quickly become outdated. In return, the makers of computers, TV accessories and audio devices keep innovating, bringing consumers greater value and selection. But widespread piracy in the music and film industries is threatening to short-circuit that arrangement. In an aggressive effort to protect their content, film studios and record labels have helped draft legislation that would require electronic equipment makers to build products that limit online distribution while preventing consumers from making multiple versions of copyrighted material.
For years, consumers and electronics manufacturers have had an unwritten agreement.
Shoppers keep spending billions of dollars to upgrade their gadgetry, knowing their investments will quickly become outdated.
In return, the makers of computers, TV accessories and audio devices keep innovating, bringing consumers greater value and selection.
But widespread piracy in the music and film industries is threatening to short-circuit that arrangement.
In an aggressive effort to protect their content, film studios and record labels have helped draft legislation that would require electronic equipment makers to build products that limit online distribution while preventing consumers from making multiple versions of copyrighted material.
Mix the thundering clash of two huge U.S. industries with the threat of government intervention and the potential for consumer rights violations, and what do you get? The debate over digital copy protection that is playing out in Hollywood, Silicon Valley and, most recently, Washington, D.C. Following numerous congressional hearings on the issue over the past few months, public policy group the Cato Institute hosted a panel discussion here Wednesday morning on whether technological controls should be put in place to protect copyright digital content, such as music and movies, from illegal copying and distribution. As expected, representatives of the technology industry disagreed with content company executives over who is responsible for safeguarding digital works.
Mix the thundering clash of two huge U.S. industries with the threat of government intervention and the potential for consumer rights violations, and what do you get? The debate over digital copy protection that is playing out in Hollywood, Silicon Valley and, most recently, Washington, D.C.
Following numerous congressional hearings on the issue over the past few months, public policy group the Cato Institute hosted a panel discussion here Wednesday morning on whether technological controls should be put in place to protect copyright digital content, such as music and movies, from illegal copying and distribution. As expected, representatives of the technology industry disagreed with content company executives over who is responsible for safeguarding digital works.
DESPITE the promise of digital rights management (DRM) technology to protect copyright works, software executives on Wednesday told members of the U.S. House of Representatives there is no silver bullet to stopping Internet piracy. The industry executives who testified before a Judiciary subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property, chaired by North Carolina Republican Howard Coble, also told the congressmen that the government should not mandate the use of such technology, as some proposed legislation has suggested.
DESPITE the promise of digital rights management (DRM) technology to protect copyright works, software executives on Wednesday told members of the U.S. House of Representatives there is no silver bullet to stopping Internet piracy.
The industry executives who testified before a Judiciary subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property, chaired by North Carolina Republican Howard Coble, also told the congressmen that the government should not mandate the use of such technology, as some proposed legislation has suggested.
Microsoft has come out against the schemes and dreams of the entertainment industry with a position essay criticizing any notion of the government's mandating technical standards for content protection as Hollywood wants. The authors clearly have in mind proposed legislation by Fritz "Hollywood" Hollings (Democrat, South Carolina) originally called the Security Systems Standards and Certification Act (SSSCA), recently renamed the Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act (CBDTPA) to conceal it's [sic] proscriptive anti-consumer, and anti-tech industry nature.
Microsoft has come out against the schemes and dreams of the entertainment industry with a position essay criticizing any notion of the government's mandating technical standards for content protection as Hollywood wants.
The authors clearly have in mind proposed legislation by Fritz "Hollywood" Hollings (Democrat, South Carolina) originally called the Security Systems Standards and Certification Act (SSSCA), recently renamed the Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act (CBDTPA) to conceal it's [sic] proscriptive anti-consumer, and anti-tech industry nature.
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