The DMCA requires use of DRM? [LWN.net]

This must be the strangest use of the DMCA yet: here's a press release from two companies called Media Rights Technologies and BlueBeat.com about the cease-and-desist letter they have sent to companies like Apple, Adobe, and Microsoft. It seems those companies are committing the crime of not using MRT's DRM products. "MRT asserts Apple, Microsoft, Real and Adobe have produced billions of these products without regard for the DMCA or the rights of American Intellectual Property owners, actively avoiding the use of MRT's technologies. Failure to comply with this demand could result in a federal court injunction to any of the above named parties to cease production or sale of their products and/or the imposition of statutory damages of at least $200 to $2500 for each product distributed or sold."

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