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EE Times offers background

E.E. Times has also recently run an interesting overview of the analog hole issue, including some recent developments.

The article starts off by mentioning that the public is not typically well-represented in struggles over DRM and copy controls. (Technology companies have taken up the role of proxies for the public's interest, but it's not necessarily a role to which they're always well-suited.)

The first paragraph suggests that the presence of public-interest protesters "illustrates the frustration and high stakes involved in finding a political settlement to the digital copyright feud". Unfortunately, the main body of the article doesn't address the question of public representation. The battle is always presented as one between a small number of film studios and a small number of technology manufacturers.

Still, this article is worthwhile as an analog hole update.

There are many other sources of good background information and news on current struggles over copyright and technology mandates. One such is Donna Wentworth's Copyfight.

Posted by Seth Schoen at 06:04 PM