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How to join the BPDG e-mail lists

The BPDG mailing lists, called bpdg-tech and policyg are run by License Management Incorporated of Morgan Hill, CA. (LMI is run by John Hoy, who also runs the DVD CCA. Their business seems to lie in administering, under contract, license agreements for copy control technologies.)

The main BPDG list, bpdg-tech, is intended for technical discussions. There is also a "parallel enforcement group," (policyg) which discusses how BPDG's recommendations can acquire the force of law. The two groups are notionally distinct but have strongly overlapping membership and work extremely closely together. On March 27, they shared a single telephone conference call, with the BPDG co-chairs handing the call over to Fritz Attaway of the MPAA (who's been leading the "enforcement" efforts).

To be added to either e-mail list, simply write to reflector@lmicp.com (which is a human being). In your message, indicate whether you want to subscribe to bpdg-tech, policyg, or both.

Posted by Seth Schoen at 06:36 PM