News: Hollywood's DRM May Do More Than Copy-Protect

[Russell McOrmond]

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Hollywood's DRM May Do More Than Copy-Protect

According to the Consumer Electronics Association, the "broadcast 
flag," which Hollywood seeks to legislate into all media, would 
do more than just prevent copying. It could also determine which 
equipment you could use to play the media.

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,793377,00.asp

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 Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant: <http://www.flora.ca/>
 Any 'hardware assist' for communications, whether it be eye-glasses, 
 VCR's, or personal computers, must be under the control of the citizen 
 and not a third party.   -- http://www.flora.ca/russell/

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