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While I am pleased with this decision to allow a lawsuit against Universal to continue, we’re really not that much closer to achieving clarity about Fair Use in the 21st century. The saga of the copyright-infringing toddler continues as a California court refused to dismiss a lawsuit claiming that Universal Music had filed an improper [...]
When I first read that Sony was going to give up their DRM ways I was skeptical… after all this is the company that brought us a rootkit. After learning more about how their system works, well it makes perfect sense (for Sony, it doesn’t make sense for anyone else). Kid #2: So to recap, [...]
This post could also be called “the day DRM jumped the shark”. The momentum has definitely turned in favor of getting rid of DRM altogether, let’s hope that consumers vote with their dollars and choose DRM free content and hardware whenever possible. DRM free is a relative term but still represents an ideal we should [...]