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RIAA's Encypted Music-Working with defense contractors? The Internet Posted by Hemos on Friday December 18, @08:32AM from the things-that-make-you-go-hmm dept. Tom Holroyd passed along some interesting pieces of information from Eric S Arnum's recent piece over at SonicNet. Many of you saw that the RIAA has decided to lauch their Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI). Well, that's not so interesting on it's own, but their choice of company is. It's a subsidary of SAIC, a privately held company that does work in secure defense commnuications. The company (SAIC) has worked with the CIA, NSA, and Navy, amongst others. Click below for the full story. Read More... (18 comments, 2554 bytes in body)

Wassenaar agreement not to apply to free software? Encryption Posted by sengan on Thursday December 17, @04:53PM from the eh? dept. The Free Software Foundation states that the Wassenaar agreement does not apply to free-software. It'd be nice to know why. Is this a provision for research, or some sort of loophole? Link countesy of Linux Today. Read More... (89 comments)

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