tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132141993577350201.post3791057629800584031..comments2008-06-13T09:06:53.299+01:00Paul Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14083567032208347855noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132141993577350201.post-53376877273494677192008-06-02T06:58:00.000+01:002008-06-02T06:58:00.000+01:00Future-proofing of gadgets is one issue, and it probably means making them work for the next five years; less for a phone, more for a TV.<BR/><BR/>The other issue is future-proofing your digital entertainment data. Having bought a favourite film or piece of music, should you have to buy it again when technology changes? Digital Rights Management exists to protect the vendor, but it makes it harder to migrate purchased content from one machine to another... especially from a sickly machine, or a stolen one!<BR/><BR/>Is this the time for a new 'digital proof of purchase' to be proposed, allowing users to follow the spirit of copyright law, rather than the letter of the law as imposed by the technology of the day?Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03549622075175221758noreply@blogger.com