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LXer 05-08-2006 01:54 PM
LXer: Anti-drm march in Paris targets Big Tech firms
 
Published at LXer:

PARIS — Several hundred people gathered nonviolently at the Place de la Bastille in Paris Sunday afternoon (May 7) to march in support of “digital freedom” and against DRM and a change in copyright laws currently under debate in the French Senate.

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Cogar 05-08-2006 06:24 PM
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Jeremie Zimmermann, a software developer in Paris, said the bill suggests the French government is under intense pressure from the U.S. Department of Commerce and lobbyists from big corporations such as Microsoft Corp., Apple and content developer Vivendi Universal. "Apple accuses us of promoting 'state-sponsored piracy,' " he said. "But how can it be true? These big corporations, and the U.S. Department of Commerce, are killing free competition on software innovation."
Very intersting. :study:


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