Heard of ACAP Yet?

by Jim Harper on December 3, 2007 · Comments

Lauren Weinstein has a good run-down and warning about a thing called Automated Content Access Protocol and why it might not be a good idea. Indeed, it might be better titled the Automated Content Restriction/Access Protocol. Do the acronym yourselves.

Comments Posted in: Copyright

  • A quick review of the ACAP website, through its silence, discloses some major unstated operational issues with the application of this technology.

    First, who determines the suitability of using ACAP to "protect" content? I assume from reading the FAQ sheet that it is at the sole discretion of the publisher. But what if the publisher implements this so-called "protection" for content that is really in the public domain? What can then be done to then disable the use of ACAP?

    Second, what happens when content falls out of copyright protection into the public domain. How would ACAP then be disabled?
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    I really like how these companies abuse the English language with Orwellian Newspeak.

    In limiting content access ACAP claims it is "Unlocking Content for all."

    AACS claims that the use of DRM technologies which restricts how HD content is displayed is "Accelerating the release of next-generation content."
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