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"LL" == Linux Lingam linuxlingam@gmail.com writes:
LL> dear all, have you been following the controversy of apple's LL> iPod and iTunes, with its DRM-ed and proprietory file-formats, LL> all working nice and proper with RealNetworks. Apple is LL> understandably feeling quite rotten.
LL> http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,117201,00.asp
What's even more interesting is another thing that has been declared legal by the US copyright office:
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,113190,00.asp
<Excerpt> Software developers can use reverse engineering to circumvent digital protection of copyrighted material, if they do so to achieve interoperability with an independently created computer program. </Excerpt>
Isn't that precisely what Hymn does?
LL> am sure the opensource community watches this with interest, LL> thanks to the recent controversy between the community and LL> apple, even in india.
Regards,
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