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File-sharing, Digital Rights Management, Etc.

Posted by michael on from the another-brick-in-the-wall dept.

Politech has a couple of good articles on political developments in the post-Napster world. (That's almost a Katz phrase there, isn't it?) The folks behind Kazaa, when they're not busy spying on their userbase, took the time to write to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee after a bashing they took a few weeks ago. Kazaa's new owners suggest a general royalty fee, perhaps similar to the recent webcasting fees, be put in place to compensate intellectual property holders for file-sharing. Meanwhile, the European Commission takes a look at digital rights management. Looks like Europe will get its own version of the SSSCA.

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  1. Dear Professor Linux... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Dear Professor Linux,

    How can I keep from soiling myself in indignation every time I hear wee French referred to as "cheese-eating surrender monkeys"?

    Anxiously,
    Francois P.

    1. Re:Dear Professor Linux... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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