Linux, Digital Rights On Collision Course

DRM adoption will lock out Linux and open-source software, Martin Fink, HP’s vice president for Linux said. “Unfortunately, DRM and open-source software are today largely incompatible because of an extension to copyright law called the Digital Millennium Copyright Act,” Fink said.

“While there is a need to protect digital media in all its forms, it’s also important that open software be able to participate in this environment. If we fail, we will create an environment in which one company has de facto control over your documents,” Fink said.

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