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CoreCodec apologizes for wrongful Google DMCA takedown
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| CoreCodec, the company behind the high-performance CoreAVC H.264
| implementation, issued an apology this morning for its recent abuse of the
| Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), a law that broadly prohibits
| circumvention of copy-protection mechanisms.
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| In a DMCA takedown notice sent to Google over the weekend, CoreCodec demanded
| that the company cease hosting coreavc-for-linux, an open source project that
| provided a Linux compatibility layer for the CoreAVC codec. The DMCA notice
| claimed that the open-source project infringes CoreCodec's copyright and
| includes CoreAVC code. Although Google complied with the notice and removed
| the project, the allegations made by CoreCodec were entirely without merit.
| The coreavc-for-linux project contains no infringing code and is merely a
| compatibility wrapper that enables legitimately purchased copies of CoreAVC
| to be used by Linux users.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080505-corecodec-apologizes-for-wrongful-google-dmca-takedown.html
http://tinyurl.com/3jftmo
Microsoft plays an active role in passing these anti-FOSS laws around the world
(recent example below).
Recent:
Microsoft Misleads on Copyright Reform
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| The Hill Times this week includes an astonishingly misleading and factually
| incorrect article on Canadian copyright written by Microsoft.
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http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/2670/125/
Canadian DMCA On Hold?
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| Rumours tonight indicate that the government has again decided to delay
| introducing the Canadian DMCA. With the House of Commons off next week and
| the budget coming the following week, if this is true it would appear that
| there will be no copyright legislation for at least another month (assuming
| there is no election).
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http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/2694/125/
Related:
CD copying OK, DRM circumvention not OK
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| Circumventing DRM to make copies for personal use will remain illegal for
| consumers, under copyright reform proposals floated by the UK government
| today....Copyright law should also recognise that consumers can legitimately
| make copies of copyright material they've already bought, the government
| proposes.
|
| Speaking at the launch today, Lord Triesman said it made no sense to prevent
| someone making a playlist for use in the car from material they had
| legitimately purchased.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/08/copyright_reform/
Microsoft: We Like DRM
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| Steve Jobs wants the music business to drop restrictions for digital
| tunes. But Microsoft, which began competing head to head with Apple
| in the digital music business last fall, is happy with the way things
| are, says media exec Robbie Bach.
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http://www.forbes.com/2007/02/08/zune-drm-itunes-tech-media-cx_df_0208bach.html?partner=yahootix
http://tinyurl.com/2lrz3y
Microsoft Tells Apple To Stop Complaining About DRM
http://www.podcastingnews.com/2007/04/13/microsoft-apple-drm/
DRM – a big win for Microsoft
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| Recently I came to conclusion that Microsoft is the company, which profits
| most from the Digital Rights Management.
| I don't know the numbers, but I guess that DRM is little or no success for
| the recording industry. To say it stopped pirating films and music would be a
| joke.
| Microsoft people must have known that the protection would be broken very
| soon. So why they are implementing it after all?
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http://technocrat.net/d/2008/1/2/32809
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