Dan: Of course, you are correct, I forgot about the Sony case with cd's. I guess what I should have communicated is that I am waiting for the first Supreme Court case that rules against DRM in whole or at least in part because it limits fair use and copying for personal use as provided for under the Sony Betamax decision in 1984. It would appear that the electronics makers have capitulated to the entertainment companies by placing DRM in their new devices. TiVo, Sony and others have all fallen in line with policy. I would think that the companies that buck this trend and partner with the telecoms could defeat the entertainment lobby since the telecoms and even the utility company who will be entering the business soon have the money and the Congressional influence to successfully challenge the content lobby. By the way, is it safe to assume that DRM was held to be legal except for the Sony fiasco. -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Dan L Burk Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 3:15 PM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-l] "It can't be legal unless you pay for it" On 28 Feb 2006, Heidelberg, Chris wrote:

I am waiting for the first lawsuit that is filed in the U.S. against digital rights management.

Then you missed it -- actually, them. There have been at least two or three that I can think of offhand, in both federal and state court. DLB Dan L. Burk Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly Professor University of Minnesota Law School 229 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA *************************************** Voice: 612-626-8726 Fax: 612-625-2011 bits: burkx006@umn.edu _______________________________________________ The air-l@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/