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Lawsuit Invokes DMCA to Force DRM Adoption

Posted by Zonk on from the interesting-legal-tactic dept.

TechnicolourSquirrel writes "Forbes.com informs us that the company Media Rights Technologies is suing Microsoft, Apple, Adobe, and Real Networks for not using its DRM technology and therefore 'failing to include measures to control access to copyrighted material.' The company alleges that their refusal to use MRT's X1 Recording Control technology constitutes a 'circumvention' of a copyright protection system, which is of course illegal under the Digital Millenium Copryight Act. I would say more, but without controlling access to this paragraph with MRT's products, I fear I have already risked too much ..."

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  1. There is no lawsuit. by jonnythan · · Score: 5, Informative

    This company has cent cease and desist letters.

    That's all.

    There is no lawsuit. There's the apparent threat of a lawsuit, but that's all.

    Move along folks. Move along.