NewYorkCountryLawyer writes “MediaSentry, now called ‘SafeNet,’ the RIAA’s illegal, unlicensed investigator of choice, has been hired by the Peoples Republic of China to provide DRM for the Olympics coverage. The PRC says it ‘owns exclusive rights to the broadcast of all audio and video content via online and mobile distribution channels across Mainland China’ and wants to protect it from ‘piracy.’ I wonder if the Chinese government is aware of MediaSentry’s track record — i.e. all the good things it has accomplished so far for the Big 4 record companies.”
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