Groups criticize proposed music DRM legislation

Groups criticize proposed music DRM legislation: "January 18, 2007 (IDG News Service) -- Consumer rights groups have voiced opposition to legislation introduced in Congress last week that would require Internet broadcasters to deploy DRM (digital rights management) technology to prevent listeners from making unauthorized copies of music files.

Senator Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat, and three other senators introduced the Platform Equality and Remedies for Rights Holders in Music (Perform) Act Jan. 11 after the same piece of legislation failed to pass through Congress in 2006. The Perform Act would require all satellite, cable and Internet broadcasters to deploy 'reasonably available' copy-protection technology and to prevent listeners from using recording devices to copy specific songs or artists."