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Hollywood's DRM Agenda Moving Forward

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the get-ready-for-a-shift dept.

risingphoenix writes "The New York Times has a story about the progress Hollywood has made putting Digtal Rights Management in the marketplace. The story focuses on what technology is currently in place; what the next moves, technically and legally, are for the industry and how consumers are being affected by Hollywoods power grab."

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  1. plural acronyms by quikgrit · · Score: 2, Troll

    This year, several of the major music companies have said they plan to begin embedding copy-protection technologies on a sizable percentage of their CD's. DVD's are already protected by a digital wrapper that prevents them from being copied.

    http://www.ucc.ie/acronyms/

    From laymen, this is expected. From a journalist, who is supposed to understand basic grammar rules as part of the job, this is just sad. And in the New York Times, no less.

    They make you *register* for this?!