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Jobs on DRM

By michael lee ⋅ February 6, 2007 ⋅ One comment

Steve Jobs shares his thoughts on the future of digital music, and SURPRISE! He hates encoded and protected downloads just as much as the rest of the known universe.

The New, Improved DMCA (or, Devil Went Down To Georgia, Came Back With Our Souls In A Leather ManPurse)

By michael lee ⋅ April 26, 2006 ⋅ 16 comments

Good News! After years of lobbying by EFF and other freedom of information advocates, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act is being rewritten.
The Bad News? It’s being rewritten by Disney, Warner Brothers, and the RIAA.
The original DMCA altered the law’s understanding of copyright and technology in a radically new way. It placed the assumption of guilt [...]

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