Implications of French copyright law
French lawmakers approved a copyright law on Friday, in a move that could have profound consequences for online music stores, open-source programmers, desktop Linux users and P2P (peer-to-peer) filesharers.
Companies that use DRM (digital rights management) technologies to protect music downloads will be required to provide information about their technology to competitors wishing to create interoperable systems.
DRM technology developers may prevent publication of source code based on the information they disclose if they can show that it hurts their system's security.
That's bad news for programmers wanting to distribute alternatives under an open-source licence, said noted free software campaigner Richard Stallman.
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