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[News] The DRM Crime is Dying Out in Germany; EU Pressures UK Government to Stop Phorn Crime

  • Subject: [News] The DRM Crime is Dying Out in Germany; EU Pressures UK Government to Stop Phorn Crime
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:57:27 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.9
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Sony’s music now DRM free in Germany

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| Sony has opened up its German web shop so that DRM free mp3-music can be 
| bought there. The page doesn’t even requires any kind of Windows software and 
| works with Konqueror.  
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http://liquidat.wordpress.com/2008/08/06/sonys-music-now-drm-free-in-germany/

Bad Phorm: EU demands UK Government response on intrusive web ad tracking
technology

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| Controversial behavioral advertising targeting outfit Phorm, whose Webwise ad 
| technology monitors user browsing habits to serve appropriate advertising 
| messages, might have dragged the UK Government into a slugfest with the 
| European Union over a possible breach of strict Euro data laws...   
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/19884/1054/

Why was the UK government not responsive? This smells like mischief. The
Government also cooperated with Hollywood and BPI, turning to spying against
innocent citizens.


Recent:

Controversial Ad Network Caught Editing Wikipedia

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| Phorm has been beset by controversy for years over its business model and
| quietly-run trials on British Telecom's (BT) broadband service.
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http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/04/08/controversial-ad-network-caught-editing-wikipedia
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