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MPAA/RIAA/BSA: No breaking DRM, even if it's killing you (literally!)

MPAA/RIAA/BSA: No breaking DRM, even if it's killing you (literally!):


Cory Doctorow:

The BSA, MPAA and RIAA have officially objected to a proposal to let the public break DRM that "threatens critical infrastructure and endangers lives." They argue that if it becomes legal to break DRM that could kill you that it might harm their business:

In order to protect their ability to deploy this dangerous DRM, they want the Copyright Office to withhold from users permission to uninstall DRM software that actually does threaten critical infrastructure and endanger lives.

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(via EFF Minilinks)


Posted by mikki on March 18, 2006 10:25 AM |

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