Feds to take a look at DRM
Category: Game Industry - Post Date: Jan 7, 2009
An article up in Ars Technia caught my eye today. It's about a Town Hall meeting that the Federal Trade Commission is going to hold on March 25th 2009, about the effects of DRM, and whether or not the FTC should step in.
Ars is banking on the probability that the FTC will step in, and describe what will happen when they do.
"Is this a matter that deserves government attention? Absolutely. Having standards for disclosure of what exactly you're installing with your software, along with easily available tools to remove those programs, would go a long way toward keeping publishers honest about what is shipping with our games."
Full article here: [link]
Ars is banking on the probability that the FTC will step in, and describe what will happen when they do.
"Is this a matter that deserves government attention? Absolutely. Having standards for disclosure of what exactly you're installing with your software, along with easily available tools to remove those programs, would go a long way toward keeping publishers honest about what is shipping with our games."
Full article here: [link]
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