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Re: [News] Linux Earns Support from the DRM Gang as Well


Ben wrote:

> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> DRM firmware adopted by mobile Linux stack
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>> | A Tokyo-based vendor of embedded security technology says its DRM
>> | product will be ported to Access's Linux stack for mobile devices.
>> | Discretix says its Content Protection for Recordable Media Client
>> | offers software-based protection for music, video, and other premium
>> | content on SD cards and mobile handsets.
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>> http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5813984722.html
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>> DRM achieves nothing (only punishes the innocent) and it's a crime. Linux
>> devices too can defective by design.
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>> Recent:
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>> UK Retailers Turn Away From DRM, Embrace New MP3 Logos
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>> | Seven U.K. online music retailers will use new logos to indicate which
>> | of their tracks are in the MP3 format and are free from
>> | copyright-restriction technology that makes it difficult to switch
>> | portable music players.
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>> http://www.pcworld.com/article/153345/.html?tk=rss_news
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> DRM has no place in Linux and they should leave, simply put.

I agree.
The GPL'd freedom code has been written by many developers
who donate their time to these projects and expect something
just as substantial back like GPL'd source code.
If these guys want to add Digital Restrictions Management (DRM),
then should go build their own platforms! Why do they need to leech off
Linux without giving something back?!



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