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Creative Commons Turns 3 (Point Zero, that is)

I’m a few days behind on this one, but Creative Commons launched version 3.0 of their Creative Commons licenses. These updates clarify a few issues, add better internationalization support, and increase compatibility with other content licenses. You can read more background (and many more details) at the CcWiki page on the Creative Commons Version 3.0 […]

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Why DRM Sucks

In their effort to punish protect consumers, the entertainment industry has resorted to using so-called “digital rights management” technology, known in the biz as DRM, to protect their intellectual property, namely music and movies. For example, DVDs contain an early form of DRM called Content Scrambling System (CSS), which encrypts discs in an effort to […]