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Online Media Blitz featuring Google Bombs

Posted On: Fri, 2006-09-01 01:50 by covracer

Encourage blogging on a massive scale, get articles featured on Slashdot, Digg, NewsForge, et al but most importantly, plant some google bombs. The RIAA is a good target and could be targetted with a keyword the likes of "corporate greed," perhaps. A keyword like "stealing freedom" could target the Wikipedia DRM article. I personally would be very pleased to see DRM - Digital Restrictions Management as the first result for "drm" :).


Submitted by covracer

Tough questions for Sony

Posted On: Wed, 2006-08-02 07:08 by lev

Ken Fischer, over at Ars Technica, has a great breakdown of a Q and A session at Siggraph that got a little heated. Apparently Mitch Singer, executive director of the digital policy group at Sony, had to endure some awkward questions about DRM. Ars Technica has that story.

Karen Sandler, an attorney from the Software Freedom Law Center, challenged Singer: "I am deeply suspicious of DRM technology in part because the DRM we see now says that it protects copyright law, but it also prevents legitimate use, for parody, news and education. (It) is overbroad for legitimate use. As the restriction stands now, when public material falls in to the public domain, the DRM tech stays in place and does not fall away. DRM also has the potential to compromise privacy and security."


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