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Norwegian technology corporations warn against new DRM-law
lr29 leading Norwegian corporations have delivered a protest to the government against a new DRM-law included in a new copyright bill.
EFN is the Norwegian version of EFF, an organization working for free speech and other basic (electronic) rights in the IT society. They have written a protest against a new copyright bill that will soon be passed by the bought politicians in the Norwegian government. Their protest is supported by 29 local leading technology companies:
Name Organization Contact ---- ------------ ------- Torkel Hasle Bibliotek-Systemer As torkel_AT_hasle.com Are Bryne Communiqué DA are.bryne_AT_communique.no Daniel Mikkelsen Copyleft Software AS daniel_AT_copyleft.no Geir Inge Imsland Copyleft Solutions AS gi_AT_cl.no Peter N. M. Hansteen Datadokumentasjon AS peter_AT_datadok.no Dag-Erling Smørgrav FreeBSD-prosjektet des_AT_freebsd.org Geir Isene FreeCode AS geir_AT_freecode.no Ole-Anders Andreassen Fri programvare i skolen olea_AT_skolelinux.no Mikael Snaprud Høyskole i Agder mikael.snaprud_AT_hia.no Åge Bårdsen Keyteq AS aba_AT_keyteq.no Trond Heier Linpro AS trond.heier_AT_linpro.no Eivind Trondsen LinuxLabs AS eivind.trondsen_AT_linuxlabs.no Frode Stroemsvaag Manager Information Systems Frode.Stroemsvaag_AT_readgroup.com Sindre Nauff Meteorologisk institutt sindre_AT_met.no Egil Støren Meteorologisk Institutt egil.storen_AT_met.no Petter Reinholdtsen NUUG pere_AT_hungry.com Håkon Wium Lie Opera Software ASA howcome_AT_opera.com Stein Sørlie Orgdot AS stein_AT_orgdot.no Geir Bækholt Plone Solutions AS board_AT_plonesolutions.com Vegard Munthe SafetyCable AS vegard_AT_safetycable.com Egil Kvaleberg Siving Egil Kvaleberg AS egil_AT_kvaleberg.no Vidar Bakke Slx Debian Labs (Skolelinux) vb_AT_skolelinux.no Astri Kleppe Snofrix.org astri_AT_snofrix.org Peder Godvik Teknograd AS peder_AT_teknograd.no Geir Aalberg Tinde ASA - et selskap i Orkla Media geira_AT_tinde.com Eirik Chambe-Eng Trolltech AS eiriken_AT_trolltech.com Gisle Hannemyr Universitetet i Oslo gisle_AT_hannemyr.no Margrete Raaum Universitetet i Oslo mraaum_AT_usit.uio.no Øyvind Hanssen Universitetet i Tromsø oyvind_AT_cs.uit.no 29 total. The last version of this protest is available here: http://www.nuug.no/dokumenter/drm-protest-2005.txt
LinuxReviews fully supports the protest against the new law. If passed, the new law will make it illegal to copy audio files from CD media to portable MP3 players. It will also make any kind of software that breaks copy-protection illegal, effectively outlawing many Linux-distributions and other basic software products.
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Norwegian technology corporations warn against new DRM-law