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• It's all a joke
  I just got a "legitmate" DVD concert as a gift, can't play it on my computer with out an illeagle decoder because of "copyright issues". The RIAA only pays out about 10% of what it collects on behalf of authors/performers. If the recording and movie industry revenues are down, why don't they produce some stuff that is worth paying for. I havn't purchased a video or music cd for 10 years and proud of it man.

  May 27, 2005

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• Oxymoron?
  Isn't an oxymoron to patent an open source, royalty-free syste? Maybe the RIAA wants everyone to adopt it and then they will charge out the wazoo for having it installed.
  
  "ACNS is an open-source, royalty-free system that universities, ISPs, or anyone that handles large volumes of copyright notices can implement on their network to increase the efficiency and reduce the costs of responding to the notices," according to a technical summary.
  
  ACNS was jointly designed by Vivendi Universal Entertainment and Universal Music Group in response to an open call for technical solutions to peer-to-peer piracy. The two groups are still talking to universities, ISPs and technology companies about offering it as a pilot program. They have also applied for a patent on the piracy notice and prevention tool.

  April 19, 2004

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