Cory Doctorow / EU Broadcast Flag

I didn't know what the fuss in the US about the Broadcast Flag was about, and now it turns out that there are plans for an European Broadcast Flag. Oh dear.

Very interesting were Cory's casestudies about how DRM'ed, copyright protected industries perform less well  (if al all) than the protected ones. Didn't catch all the examples, but one was the fact based DB industry in Europe (protected, wilting) vs US (not, going like crazy).  I'd love to see more of that, and if it is a sustainable strategy for individual players as opposed to requiring a similar legal environment for everyone.