Blogger preaches Internet download freedoms
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| DRM has emerged as an attempt to make it more difficult to copy, Doctorow
| said. "I call it anti-copying technology," Doctorow said. But he added he
| does not think DRM works. The software industry basically has abandoned it,
| Doctorow said.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=455381478&rid=-50
The great fraud of our time
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| So I’ll build your road, and you’ll pay me each month to use it. I’ll even
| let the government decide how much. Then, once it’s built, it’s mine. I’ll
| decide what you drive, how much you pay, where you can go and how fast.
|
| Deal?
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| This is precisely the deal we’ve made in our time with the phone and cable
| duopolists. Those lines were built under regulation, under rates set by the
| government, in exchange for public goods like right-of-way and exclusivity.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1556
Related:
AT&T admits it censored other bands
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| It looks like Pearl Jam isn't the only band that has had its politically
| charged comments bleeped from concerts streamed from AT&T's Blue Room Web
| site.
|
| [...]
|
| AT&T quickly apologized for the incident and blamed the company that handles
| the Webcasting for performances on Blue Room.
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http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9759184-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Why DRM won't ever work
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| Unfortunately, he also pointed out that the US government also seems
| to be living in this fantasy world -- and, to a lesser extent, the
| UK government. One of the most misguided things going on in the world
| at the moment is the attempt by the US government to force other
| countries to adopt what they call US-style "Intellectual Property Rights".
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6189011.html
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