Why the Academy doesn't get it...

The Academy of Arts and Sciences sent out their President during the Oscars to deliver their selling point during the awards show: The DVD format isn't a replacement for the movie theater. They were right, but for every wrong reason.

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The MPAA is clearly out of touch with the public

It's very clear that the MPAA is not in touch with the public.

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Homeland Security ponders endorsing DRM rootkit ban

It's about time that some government office starts siding against the music giants and not bowing down to their every request.

So now my Nintendo ROMs are legal?

Recently (December 1st), the Library of Congress created a few exceptions to the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) that are raising a few eyebrows.

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Dear Dave Grohl, can I put your albums on my iPod?

'Nor does the fact that permission to make a copy in particular circumstances is often or even routinely granted, necessarily establish that the copying is a fair use when the copyright owner withholds that authorization, In this regard, the statement attributed to counsel for co

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Alot of what I write is about copy-protection, the RIAA and the MPAA.

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