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Story: GPL 3 to take hard line on DRM

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I agree with what they are saying and trying to accomplish, but I am not sure whether this will not do more harm than good for the GPL and OSS...

I agree that TiVo HQ doesn't need to know what I do with the device in the comfort of my own home, and I am sick of the movie companies treating me like a criminal because I decided to buy a DVD as opposed to download it off the net!

But I am not sure the GPL is the right forum for expressing this. Alienating companies just as they are starting to show interest in OSS and GPL isn't the best way to win friends and influence people.

I've yet to see a positive effect of DRM... Having originally ripped all my CD's to WMA format when WMP was first released, then having to re-install Windows and finding all the hours or ripping were wasted because Windows had a new ID and couldn't play my music any more pretty much put me off to start with, and it only seems to be getting more draconian...

I just don't want to see GPL getting side-tracked into the DRM debate...

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