DRM Scorecard: Hackers Batting 1000, Industry Zero
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| Forget the moral questions: Whether the millions of kids who load up their
| iPods from LimeWire are thieves, or whether there's something incongruous
| about Sheryl Crow, a millionaire many times over, railing against piracy.
| When you look at the technology, there's no getting around the fact that DRM
| is an abject failure.
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http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2007/08/drm_scorecard_h.html
'Nasa hacker' McKinnon wins right to Lords hearing
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| McKinnon, who hacked into the US systems shortly after the 9/11 attacks in
| 2001, is the first UK hacker to face extradition to the US. The case has been
| widely viewed as an attempt by US prosecutors to deter other would-be
| hackers.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/security/cybercrime/news/index.cfm?newsid=4301
He didn't do anything malicious. A scapegoat. More shields have just been set
up:
House panel approves legal shield for bloggers
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| The bill defines the practice of journalism as "gathering, preparing,
| collecting, photographing, recording, writing, editing, reporting or
| publishing of news or information that concerns local, national or
| international events or other matters of public interest for dissemination to
| the public."
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-11153_22-6200188.html
Related:
EMI has DRM free sales boom
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| Since EMI ditched the DRM on iTunes it has seen sales of Pink Floyd's Dark
| Side of the Moon increase by between 272 and 350 percent.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=40443
Big labels are f*cked, and DRM is dead - Peter Jenner
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| Few people know the music industry better than Peter Jenner. Pink
| Floyd's first manager, who subsequently managed Syd Barrett's solo
| career, Jenner has also looked after T.Rex, The Clash, Ian Dury,
| Disposable Heroes and Billy Bragg - who he manages today. He's also
| secretary general of the International Music Managers Forum.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/03/peter_jenner/
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