Cory spoke last night after opening ceremonies. His speech covered, more or less, the history of copyright law, current copyright law, and how it not only affects our ability to listen to our itunes remotely via the internet (we can't, anymore, of course) but all kinds of other social implications of the current copyright law, and what can be done to fight it.
Cory's site - somewhere on here there should be a copy of the speech.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation
Cory Doctorow Keynote Address: Digital Rights Management DRM doesn't make sense. Geeks know it doesn't work, so what's the big deal? The big deal is that DRM is totally ineffective at stopping infringement, but it's very good at undermining competition, keeping coders in line, and stopping legit users from doing legit things. How'd we end up in the DRMverse? How can we get out of it? Cory has spent more time than you can imagine stuck at negotiating tables full of DRM engineers, and he's back to tell the tale.Posted by Liz at April 23, 2005 11:30 AM