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European DRM News
burgburgburg writes "Two new fronts opening in the battles over digital rights management. First: news.com is reporting how French authorities are investigating EMI France and music retailer Fnac over anticopying technology included on CDs that allegedly renders them unplayable on some systems. The investigation began after the Bureau of Competition's antifraud unit (DDCCRF) received complaints from a consumer group known as UFC-Que Choisir. Second: BusinessWeek reports that the EC is investigating Microsoft to make sure that they don't illegally dominate the field of digital rights management. Regulators have told Microsoft and its partner Time Warner that they are looking into their plan to acquire the company ContentGuard, which makes DRM software because of concerns that it will create or strengthen Microsoft dominance of the field."
I ripped a copy to my hard drive before it rendered itself unplayable.
Let Microsoft get the monopoly! If MS is controlling DRM technology, then it's sure to be completely insecure and easily hacked.
Still, I'm glad I've hung onto all my old LP's.
I figure by 2030 or so my 6-digit UID will be something to brag about.
Yeah man! This region coding thing is ridiculous! Imagine requiring hardware companies to put region coding on PCs so that software written in India doesn't execute here. Because otherwise it would be much cheaper to buy software from India.
Oh...wait a minute!...