[IP] Microsoft DRM could open loophole in consent decree

[Dave Farber <farber@trial.danger.net>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: For IP: Microsoft DRM could open loophole in consent decree
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 18:56:40 -0700 (MST)

Dave:

Microsoft has just announced that it is incorporating DRM into all of 
its
products -- including the next versions of MS Office and Internet 
Explorer.

You've posted an item mentioning the chilling effect that such measures 
could
have on corporate whistleblowers. But there's another potentially 
devastating
effect that hasn't been mentioned yet: The DRM could, via a loophole in 
the
DoJ consent decree, allow Microsoft to withhold information about file 
formats
and APIs from other companies which are attempting to create compatible 
or
competitive products.  See

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,906344,00.asp

for more.

--Brett Glass
--farber

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