Topic: New Zealand vs Digital Rights Management

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"There are three main issues we're pursuing: what to do about archiving of documents for the long term; principles for government use of DRM generally; and the building of a network of government agencies internationally." Millar says while New Zealand has taken something of a lead role on the issue, most OECD countries are only now trying to address the problem of retaining long-term access and even control over data that may have been created or modified using DRM software or hardware.

The Trusted Computing Platform Alliance, or TCPA, was formed by Compaq, HP, IBM, Intel and Microsoft in April of 2003 to try to protect intellectual property rights. However, concern has been raised that it gives the IT vendors access to and, in some cases, control over data created by end users.

In 2003 the Centre for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CCIP), part of the New Zealand's Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB), released a discussion document about the platform, warning that Microsoft was moving away from non-proprietary rights management software and that could lead to problems in the future.