Comment Re:Recycling Gear? (Score 1) 158
Well, I first read the tag 'typoinsummary' as "Typo In Space".
I guess you never quite get what you want. I could use a good lager right now though. Have to wait until after work, sadly.
Submission + - Steve Jobs: Lets abolish DRM
Arjun Ravi Narayan writes: Steve Jobs writes an open letter talking about DRM, music and how DRM has no effect really on piracy. He talks about the problems that DRM entails to consumers, and explains how he dislikes DRM (and that he would support removing DRM from the iTunes store 'in a heartbeat') and that the only reason it is there is because of the 'Big Four' cartel (Sony BMG, Universal, Warner and EMI).
He also talks about opposition to DRM stemming from European countries (starting with Norway as reported here.
Is this the beginning of the end for DRM? Will the music industry finally wake up to the problems of DRM?
Google's Response to the DoJ Motion 315
neoviky writes "Google Inc. on Friday formally rejected the U.S. Justice Department's subpoena of data from the Web search leader, arguing the demand violated the privacy of users' Web searches and its own trade secrets.
Responding to a motion by U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Google also said in a filing in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California the government demand to disclose Web search data was impractical."
