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RIAA Wants to Limit Digital Radio Recording

The EFF is following the new HD Radio Content Protection Act closely and encouraging members to take action: The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has seen the future of radio. And it would prefer to live in the past… Last week, with a coalition of copyright holders, the RIAA sent messages to members of […]

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Sony, Rootkits and Digital Rights Management Gone Too Far

A reader sent me this excellent email from Alex Reynolds on Sony’s surreptitiously installing rootkits on unsuspecting PCs when a user plays one of their CDs: To be clear, these are not CDs. These discs do not conform with the CD format and releases omit the CD logo on the packaging. Here’s information about the […]