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Sunday, May 12, 2002

Microsoft convicted of software piracy

Microsoft was found guilty of software piracy last year by a French court, according to facts unearthed today by the geek community.
7:18:08 PM    

SJ Mercury: Hollywood wants a stranglehold on your digital technology. Cory Doctorow. The people who fought tooth and nail to keep VCRs off the market will have a veto over all new digital television devices, including digital television devices that interface with personal computers. The next generation of home entertainment systems will include only features that don't inspire Hollywood's dread of infringing uses, no matter what the consequences for you, the owner of the device. [Tomalak's Realm]
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