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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. Re:Fucking Democrats by Fishstick · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I assume you're slamming me for posting the same comment twice.

    Yeah, after I posted this reply the parent got modded into oblivion.

    I posted to the top thread to elicit some intelligent discussion.

    I guess I failed (thank you very much) ;-p

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    There is much cruelty in the universe, John.
    Yeah, we seem to have the tour map.

  2. Re:Not a bad idea by MrFreshly · · Score: 0, Redundant

    What we really need here is an authentication system like M$ and/or Battlenet uses for DRM but for other media like audio and video. It worked well for the Circuit City Divex adventure. :) As always: if you can play it, you WILL be able to copy it. IMHO, if you put out a good product at a fair price, most people wont mind paying for it. If you try to protect it, the protection is or WILL be circumventable anyway - and it will NOT deter someone from copying it. It'll just piss off those of us who want to use it legitimately and give others something to do (crack). We'd all be happier about paying less and getting more - or at least not laying out the cash for crap products.