This week at LWN: GeekPAC to fight for information rights

Posted by Sander_Marechal on Aug 27, 2008 6:31 PM EDT
LWN.net; By Lisa Hoover
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There's little question that plenty of people are annoyed at how difficult it is to rip movies from legally purchased DVDs into formats readable by handheld devices or media players. The lack of consistency in document formats is an ongoing headache for anyone who receives files that are only readable with certain software. Information rights management has become enough of a frustration that a group has formed specifically to deal with the problem head on. GeekPAC is a political action committee made up of volunteers who are taking their complaints straight to Capitol Hill.

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