I’ve just been reading a report named Inquiry into technological protection measures (TPM) exceptions by our House Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs.
The report sadly speaks of digital rights management quite positively (although they deviously disguise the term as “technological protection measures”), but even they could not ignore the fact that it does hinder the development of new technology in some cases:
Anti-circumvention laws ban certain technologies. As a result, these laws may impact on – and inhibit – both innovation, and competition in technology markets.
The above quote, interestingly, was referenced in a footnote as being quoted from Kimberlee Weatherall, an Australian intellectual property lawyer who was the recipient of the 2007 Rusty Wrench award.
Sorry to anyone who was expecting me to come to some sort of conclusion or argue a point at the end of this post. I just wanted to say what I’d been doing, and felt this was too big for Twitter, so I posted it in my blog instead.
