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W3C Poised To Release New Patent Policy

Posted by timothy on from the weasel-avoidance dept.

egoff writes "According to ComputerWorld, the Patent Policy Working Group at the W3C is ready to release a new proposal for dealing with technology patents that get in the way of creating web standards. While making no comment, the W3C was seeking public input for its Royalty Free Patent Policy until April 30th."

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  1. Anyone get that scary Windows Media player popup? by simul · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I think it's version 7.1. If you upgrade try to play a ".wma" file that you ripped, it sends you a page that says "your registry has not been updated with the signature of your copied cd". Something like that. They record your IP address and information about the copied file at that time... regardless fo whether you say "OK". Freaked me out.

    What's all the DRM crap really for? It's not to catch real hackers, who will strip off DRM info and watermarks like wrapping paper at Christmas.

    No, the point is to scare average people into paying for more CD's. Good little hackers use anonymizers while surfing. They download as muich as they wany - and, partially due to lack of unicast filtering standards, are free to wreak havoc online anonymously and safely with their botnets.

    Controlling access to the free distribution of information is probably stup in the long run anyway. Simply slow down the memetic and, eventually, genetic evolution of our species.