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Stating the Case Against DRM to the FTC
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| Wednesday, EFF Staff Attorney Corynne McSherry will be testifying at the
| Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) town hall meeting on digital rights
| management technologies, or DRM. After years of observing DRM's development,
| suing Sony for its destructive SecuROM DRM, defending free speech for
| researchers and bloggers, and speaking out against DRM's use, EFF's stance is
| quite clear: DRM is harmful to consumers, it undermines competition and
| innovation, and unnecessarily preempts users' fair uses of copyrighted
| content -- all while making no appreciable dent in "digital piracy." In fact,
| generally the only ones who are inconvenienced by DRM are legitimate
| customers.
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http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/03/stating-case-against-drm-ftc
Canadian artists' new/old plan: $5 to share music legally
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| The Songwriters Association of Canada has listened to the criticism of its
| 2007 plan to legitimize the file-sharing of copyrighted songs, and it's back
| with Plan 2.0. The big change? Participation for both fans and artists would
| be voluntary.
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http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/canadian-songwriters-plan-5-to-share-music-legally.ars
Recent:
ars technica - Windows DRM? We're ok with that.
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| A recent slashdot article outlined some of the DRM that can be found in the
| new Microsoft stab at relevancy - Windows 7.
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| I'm hearing that Vista thing didn't work out so well.
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| As a GNU/Linux-only user...one who wouldn't have one byte of MS code on his
| machine, I find the criticism valid...I would no more let Microsoft control
| my computer than I would ever purchase one of their products.
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http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2009/03/ars-technica-windows-drm-were-ok-with.html
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