Last week's report on H.R. 107 had a link to the Personal Technology Freedom Coalition, a newly-formed group of supporters of the bill. The list of supporters included Intel.

But, according to the Washington Internet Daily [subscription required], there was a small mistake -- Intel does not support the bill, because it "has concerns about some of its more controversial components, particularly permitting one to circumvent copy-protection mechanisms for non-infringing uses." (That's WID paraphrasing an Intel spokesperson.)

Intel does agree with some provisions of H.R. 107, such as labeling. But these are non-controversial. Everyone is in favor of appropriate labeling (though the necessity of legislation is dubious.)

So Intel is not "proactively lobbying for the bill at this time." (WID quoting Intel directly.)

The correction is nice, but it would be nicer if Intel took the next step, and proactively took the position that destroying the possibility of digital rights management is destructive of the company's, and the nation's, true interests.

posted by James DeLong @ 9:41 AM | General

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