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DRM Protestors Crash WinHEC

By Travis Hudson Published May 25, 2006, 12:09 pm ET

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The Windows Hardware Engineering Conference is finishing up today in Seattle and an anti-DRM crew decided to crash the party and protest. Last time I checked you didn’t need biohazard suits and helmets to protect against DRM, but maybe these guys know something that we don’t.

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