Philippine Senate Bill Pushes DRM

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DRM anticircumvention laws are such a bad idea that the US Library of Congress actively creates exceptions to them. Norway even declared iTunes DRM illegal. That’s why I’m appalled to learn that Philippine Senate Bill 880 proposes all-encompassing DRM anticircumvention laws. CHAPTER XXI. TECHNOLOGICAL PROTECTION MEASURES AND RIGHTS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SECTION 229A TECHNOLOGICAL PROTECTION MEASURES […]Click here to continue reading "Philippine Senate Bill Pushes DRM"...

Philippine Senate Bill Pushes DRM

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January 16, 2008

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9 Comments on “Philippine Senate Bill Pushes DRM”
  1. spidamang says:
    January 16, 2008 at 9:05 am

    I wonder if some entity lobbied Angara to do this.
    Sino kaya?

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  2. JC John SESE Cuneta says:
    January 17, 2008 at 6:14 pm

    Mike, you’ll be happy to know that many are dropping off DRM because it is getting less popular today. Hence, US anti-piracy groups are opting for a Music Tax similar to the TV Tax in UK.

    Read it via techcrunch.

    The Philippines is as always “a decade late”. Manggagaya na lang, late pa!!

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  3. Mike Abundo says:
    January 17, 2008 at 7:31 pm

    Spidamang: As always, follow the money.

    JC: That’s Philippine legislation for you: monkey see, monkey do. Ten years later.

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