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mips
May 29th, 2007, 11:03 AM
It's official, the world has gone bonkers !!!

http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/11/1248219
http://www.forbes.com/business/feeds/afx/2007/05/10/afx3708595.html
slimdog360
May 29th, 2007, 11:07 AM
hahaha
lyceum
May 29th, 2007, 11:08 AM
Maybe now people will realize how dumb the DRM idea was. I hope MS & Apple win.
BarfBag
May 29th, 2007, 11:33 AM
I hope MS & Apple win.

Since when did anybody say that? lol

This is insane.
saulgoode
May 29th, 2007, 11:47 AM
I hope MS & Apple win.

I don't know, if MRT were to win then MS & Apple (and MRT) might end up having to pay royalties to Linux developer Alan Cox (http://www.freshpatents.com/Alan-Cox-Swansea-invdirc.php)*. :D


Mr Cox has not yet been granted the patents for his DRM technology, so this suggestion is merely hypothetical. Of course, a rejection of his DRM patent application would rather take the teeth out of the DMCA. Sit back and enjoy the show, folks. :popcorn:
lyceum
May 29th, 2007, 11:49 AM
Since when did anybody say that? lol

This is insane.

Anyone anti-DRM is on my side (the enemy of my enemy is my friend)
starcraft.man
May 29th, 2007, 11:57 AM
LOL, this is a wee bit old news, isoHunt (http://isohunt.com/) had it plastered on the front the first day the news was out I think. I agree with the above, it is very absurd, and perhaps will enlighten apple and ms as to how absurd they are as well. I won't hold my breath though... >.>.
smoker
May 29th, 2007, 12:04 PM
hme, looks like it is a good time to be a 'copyright' lawyer:-)
christhemonkey
May 29th, 2007, 12:06 PM
That is utterly ridiculous....
I think im going to sue someone for not using my patented techonology....
Adamant1988
May 29th, 2007, 12:09 PM
I read about this, there were some articles a few weeks ago. The basic idea is that this company has created (and is the only throat to choke for) a DRM product that they claim can even make it impossible to record music off of a CD. But, because their technology has been completely ignored, they're trying to use lawsuits to force adoption, essentially giving them a monopoly on Audio DRM (if it were successful). I don't think they'll last 30 seconds in court.