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MPAA Opening Up to New Ideas
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007 at 4:00 PM - by John Martellaro
The MPAA said this week that they are fully committed to interoperable DRM and that customers should be able to use purchased video on any device in the home, including their network, according to a report at ars technica on Thursday.
In what seems to be a major shift, MPAA CEO Dan Glickman also announced plans to let consumers rip DVDs for use in the home or on iPods. However, the plans are not final. Nate Anderson reported that Mr. Glickmans goal was "to make things simpler for the consumer." The MPAA is also open to the idea of "a technology summit" that get all the interested parties involved to work out the issues.
Regarding the ripping of DVDs, the details still need to be worked out to make the copying acceptable and "legal." Dean Garfield, VP of Legal Affairs for the MPAA, told Mr. Anderson that he has confidence in the market to sort all of these issues out.
The MPAA, in contrast to the RIAA, appears to be taking an open and thoughtful approach. "As other presenters at the conference made clear, this is largely a result of self-interest: consumers are frustrated with current limitations, and movie studios arent thrilled about having to sign off on Apples terms in order to get content onto iPods," Mr. Anderson concluded. "Still, hearing Glickman speak with conviction about consumer rights to use material in "fair ways" and to wax eloquent about interoperability was an encouraging sign�even if he views DRM as a necessary "enabling tool" thats not going away anytime soon."
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