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Category Archives: Digital Restrictions Management

Your Future, Now With Extra DRM!

Sunday, November 11, 2007

Utterly despicable.
New federal legislation says universities must agree to provide not just deterrents but also “alternatives” to peer-to-peer piracy, such as paying monthly subscription fees to the music industry for their students, on penalty of losing all financial aid for their students…
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) applauded the proposal, which is embedded in […]

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New Jack City

Sunday, October 14, 2007

I popped over to my local Borders this afternoon to burn a couple of coupons and was surprised to find they had done some redecorating, including a new multimedia center where you can burn music tracks to your own CD or download them directly to your MP3 player. I had a few questions, so I […]

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Rotten at the Core

Sunday, January 14, 2007

Am I the only biblioblogger who isn’t drooling over the unveiling of Apple’s iPhone? Sure, it looks pretty. But with any new gadget coming out, I have two questions that help determine whether or not I’m going to want it:
1. Will the gadget be affordable to someone with a public librarian’s salary?
2. Will the gadget […]

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