FTC vs DRM
A couple great lines regarding DRM from Ars Technica’s coverage of the FTC’s DRM Conference in Seattle:
“If your advertising giveth and your EULA taketh away,” [Mary Engle, an FTC Acting Deputy Director] said, “don’t be surprised if the FTC comes calling.”
She stressed that it was not permissible for companies to play Lucy to consumers’ Charlie Brown, holding the football and promising that this time she won’t yank it away at the last minute. Promising “if you buy our DRM downloads, we won’t shut down the authentication serves this time,” she said, wasn’t enough.
