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RIAA Opposes 'Fair Use' Bill

  • IDG News Service; By Grant Gross (Posted by cubrewer on Mar 1, 2007 4:08 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: GNU
The Freedom and Innovation Revitalizing U.S. Entrepreneurship (FAIR USE) Act, introduced Tuesday would allow customers to circumvent digital copy restrictions under some circumstances. In a telling response, RIAA stated that: "The difference between hacking done for non-infringing purposes and hacking done to steal is impossible to determine and enforce."

Linux is key to high-tech Spanish venture

Entrepreneurs in the Spanish city of Cordoba have devised battery-powered sightseeing cars with computers that talk... One key to the project... was using the free, open-source Linux operating system.