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Heise Online: FSF Europe Launches Anti-DRM Site

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 5, 2006

“The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) is working with
other organizations to launch a web site at drm.info that provides
information about the dangers that DRM entails. Joachim Jakobs,
media coordinator at FSFE, says that ‘the main message of DRAM is:
we do not trust your devices.’ He gives the example of the Sony-BMG
rootkit. While the industry says that DRM is, as the name says,
about managing digital rights, Jakobs charges that it mainly
focuses on restricting the rights of users, which is why the FSFE
consistently speaks of Digital Restrictions Management…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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