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EFF sues Sony BMG

ConsumerAffairs.com: The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has filed a lawsuit against Sony BMG, demanding that the company repair the damage done by the First4Internet XCP and SunnComm MediaMax software it included on over 24 million music CDs.

Here's the EFF's account and complaint (PDF).

November 22, 2005 at 11:00 PM in Digital rights & copyright | Permalink | Comments (1) | Bookmark this entry on del.icio.us | blog comments on this post (0)

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First of all the whole DRM thing is an exercise in futility. For we, as humans, must assimilate any recorded (audio/ video) output through a device. Once disseminated through that device, it can be re- recorded through a number of means- line in from the headphone jack, microphone in front of the speakers, video camera in front of the TV/ Monitor/ Plasma or any other high or low tech method, whether for our personal, mass production, legal or illegal use. Couple that with all the software to digitally...

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