EU Commission consulting on DRM

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/20/european_union_drm/

Europe demands open-to-all DRM tech
By Tony Smith
Published Tuesday 20th April 2004 12:23 GMT

The European Commission this week said the market for digital content 
distribution will not amount to much until the multitude of DRM systems 
become interoperable and content licensing takes place on a Europe-wide 
basis.

And it wants to see legislation to force the rules of the unified 
internal market on content licensing agencies and copyright holders.



Article concludes:

"The Commission has launched a consultation exercise and is seeking 
comment from interested parties on legislation covering collective 
rights management. It wants to hear from contributors by 21 June by email."

http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/en/intprop/docs/com-2004-261_en.pdf


Of corse, in true Slashdotter style, I haven't followed the link, so 
don't know whether this consultation is really all about DRM,  or 
whether "collective rights management" just means collection agencies...