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Anti-Piracy Labeling Bill in Works

Posted by chrisd on from the compromising-freedom dept.

Rinisari writes "Just posted on news.com.com is an article with more on the bill that could make all digital consumer products be required to be labeled with information regarding any anti-piracy technology within the device. Senator Ron Wyden, D-OR, will be the primary sponser of the bill (he's also got a text-only site)."

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  1. wtf by DiSKiLLeR · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    WTF.

    Maybe i am retarted, but why is news.com now news.com.com ?

    Now i get the news.com.com.com.com.com.. joke in an earlier article a few days ago.

    That is wierd ;)

    D.

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  2. Now is the time to use the slashdot effect by dethl · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Lets give his site hell! Bring it down my fellow /.'ers!

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  3. new massive attack album? by gimpboy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    wow that's cool. i wasn't aware they were coming out with a new album. it's a shame it's copy protected, i wont be able to use it since i dont own a normal cd player.

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  4. he's also got a text-only site by rnturn · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And a good thing too, since the graphical version should be considered broken since it uses absolute pixel counts rather than percentages when defining table widths.

    :-)

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