Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community
Just an update on the DRM conflicts taking place at the manufacturer level. In this item, the The GSM Association, a trade association representing wireless carriers, has rejected the revised MPEG-LA royalty schedule (this would license for patents held by ContentGuard and others, and has been widely opposed). Meanwhile, though, both Phillips and Real Networks have endorsed Windows DRM. Meanbwhile, a French court has declared DVD copy protection illegal.

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