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[News] Compromised Freedoms in the Headlines - Tiered Web and DRM

Government documents suggest Tories not nervous about ISPs interfering with
Net

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| Internal documents suggest the Tory government is reluctant to
| impose consumer safeguards for the web because it wants to
| protect the competitive position of businesses that offer
| Internet access.
| 
| [...]
| 
| Net neutrality, dubbed the First Amendment of the Internet
| in the United States, aims to ensure the public can view
| the smallest blogs just as quickly and easily as the
| largest corporate websites. It stops telecom giants from
| ensuring that pages of companies that pay them load
| faster than any others.
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http://www.cbc.ca/cp/business/070206/b0206149A.html

DRM - A sneaky threat

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| DRM limits your options
| DRM restricts your rights
| DRM can violate your privacy
| With DRM you no longer buy music, you rent music
| DRM may pose a security thread to your system
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http://lignuxer.blogspot.com/2007/02/drm-sneaky-threat.html

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