Security World: InfoWorld Daily: In DRM world, customers have no rights

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Wednesday, Dec 19, 2007
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Table Of Contents:

* In DRM world, customers have no rights
* InfoWorld Daily Podcast
* 10 things to hope not to see in '08

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IN DRM WORLD, CUSTOMERS HAVE NO RIGHTS

Gripe Line: Ed Foster kicks off his latest installment with a warning:
this product contains DRM. "Shouldn't a vendor be required to inform
customers that a product they're about to buy contains technology
designed to disable it?" he asks. Thing is, the only U.S. laws relating
to DRM are to prevent tampering with it. So Foster takes up the cause:
"Instead of vendors and the politicians who serve them telling us not to
touch the DRM, we need to send them ...
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INFOWORLD DAILY PODCAST

AT&T, Verizon and Chevron want to join Google in wireless spectrum
bidding, MPAA wins case against TorrentSpy, Google working to plug hole
in Toolbar, and more LISTEN!

...
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/daily/archives/2007/12/infoworld_daily_482.html?source=NLC-DAILY&cgd=2007-12-19

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10 THINGS TO HOPE NOT TO SEE IN '08

Best of the blogs: Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer and Eric Schmidt declaring
that the war is over and that they'll jointly develop all products
moving forward -- that's merely the beginning of Ephraim Schwartz's
list. Others unwanted events range from video ads to too many friends
sending photos to him via cell phones, and it even includes one
non-techie item regarding the next Super Bowl and all its hoopla. Oh
yes, and Apple dropping the iPhone price again, "thus obligating the
entire ...
More of this blog at:
http://weblog.infoworld.com/daily/archives/2007/12/10_things_to_ho.html?source=NLC-DAILY&cgd=2007-12-19

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InfoWorld Daily: In DRM world, customers have no rights

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