Can copyright piracy ever be eliminated? History teaches that no crime can ever be completely eliminated, but that doesn't mean one shouldn't continue to both police after the fact and prevent beforehand. An interesting article by the AP's Brian Bergstein highlights the hope of anti-copying programs in reducing piracy, featuring Copyright Alliance members Microsoft and the Business Software Alliance.

Canada by year-end will likely be considering a bill to finally, after years and years, enact their treaty obligations under two WIPO pacts, and incorporating protections for anti-copying technology will be part of that legislation. I'm eager to see how that debate progresses. 

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 at 7:57 am by Patrick Ross and is filed under copyright law, drm, international, piracy. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.