Digital Content Protection Act would be Consumer Disaster

Andrew Kantor has a good article on how the entertainment industry is trying to supress technological advancement for the sake of protecting its outdated business model. Of course, the industry has always tried to do that, always looking to protect the status quo. The irony is that when they have lost those battles and have been forced to adapt, they have found ways to turn the new technology into money. When the VCR came out, it met with forceful opposition from the industry. After they were forced to accept it, the home video market took off to the point where now it may in fact be the primary revenue source for movie studios, more than the theaters. Imagine if they had won way back when? Technological advancement is good for the consumer, and for the industry. They need to start embracing technology rather than trying to squash it.