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Sun's Open Source DRM

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the get-ready-for-some-resistance dept.

DigDuality writes "Wired has an interesting look at Sun's proposed 'Open Source DRM'. From the article: 'Its goal is to promulgate an open-source architecture for digital rights management that would cut across devices, regardless of the manufacturer, and assign rights to individuals rather than gadgets [...] If DReaM works, consumers will be able to access their purchased songs through a number of providers, and using a wide variety of devices." Slashdot took a first look at Sun's DReaM last August.

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  1. Freudian Slip? by RoloDMonkey · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Maybe it demonstrates how many negative things I have read about DRM, but I couldn't help but read DReaM, as "D-Ream", not "Dream". Did anyone else read it this way?

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  2. Re:weird perspective for a conflict... and wrong! by MBCook · · Score: 0, Redundant
    From all the reading and documentaries that I've watched we had that.

    Ask an "old-timer".

    Ever wonder why every telephone on old TV shows looks the same?

    You couldn't plug anything but a genuine Ma-Bell phone into your phone line. That was the rule.

    Now, what was it that happened to Ma Bell? Hmmm... (ignore recent years).

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