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The outlawing of technology and research.

Posted by sengan on Tuesday October 27, 1998 @11:49AM from the The-Rio-and-the-RIAA-is-only-the-beginning dept.

Bruce Linley writes " This ACM article discusses the recent trend of industry groups lobbying government to outlaw technology and research that enables easy copying and distribution of material, beneficial though it may be, if it has even the potential of being applied to copyrighted works."

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