Hot on the heels of Cory Doctorow's DRM Speech, several technology heavy weights, including Sun, are announcing an alliance called the Personal Technology Freedom Coalition.
More information at CNET, Tech heavies support challenge to copyright law, and the Register, Microsoft, Apple snub consumer freedom coalition (is it alright for a blogger to link to Orlowski these days?).
If you're not sure what all the fuss is about then it's well worth reading Cory's speech at his craphound.com site, or you can download Kottke's mp3 version at kottke.org.
This Coalition should make for some interesting press over the next few months, and hopefully they rattle enough cages to make a difference to everyones freedom.
More information at CNET, Tech heavies support challenge to copyright law, and the Register, Microsoft, Apple snub consumer freedom coalition (is it alright for a blogger to link to Orlowski these days?).
If you're not sure what all the fuss is about then it's well worth reading Cory's speech at his craphound.com site, or you can download Kottke's mp3 version at kottke.org.
This Coalition should make for some interesting press over the next few months, and hopefully they rattle enough cages to make a difference to everyones freedom.
