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BSA To Join Battle Against DRM

Posted by Hemos on from the who-what-where-why-how dept.

Dunark writes "It appears that two of our favorite enemies are now at loggerheads with each other: According to The Inquirer, the Business Software Alliance has joined the fight against the Hollywood-backed attempt to legislate required DRM (the Hollings bill). Read about it in The Inquirer and also at Mercury News"

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  1. Re:WHAT???????? by Gyan · · Score: 4, Informative

    "A flash of sanity for the BSA"

    Well, the BSA is controlled by the tech companies.

    So, if the techs go after **AA, it will be through the BSA and (maybe) individually.

    Hardly surprising.

  2. Re:Don't be so supprised by porkface · · Score: 1, Informative

    Having worked for a DRM company (not MS), I can verify that this is exactly what's going on here.

  3. When they harass open-source shops by bee · · Score: 5, Informative

    There have been numerous reports of the BSA harassing Unix or open-source shops out of ignorance/malice (choose one) because they have the mentality that all PCs run Windows. Businesses have been destroyed because of them.

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    At least mafia-owned pizzarias make excellent pizza. Compare to Bill Gates.