The National Consumer Council (NCC) said anti-piracy efforts were eroding established rights to digital media. The NCC had little faith that industry self-regulation would adequately protect consumers" rights. It made its comments to a parliamentary inquiry into technologies that limit what people can do with CDs, DVDs and downloaded media.

No faith

In its submission to the inquiry, the NCC said many consumers were regularly running up against the restrictions record companies and film makers put on their products.