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Keynote
Mac OS X, a Digital Rights Management Operating System
Dan Gillmor, Center for Citizen Media
Cory Doctorow, University of Southern California
J.D. Lasica, Online Journalism Review
Victor Nemechek, El Gato Software LLC
Tim O'Reilly, O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Track: Keynote
Date: Tuesday, October 01
Time: 4:00pm - 4:45pm
Location: Santa Clara Ballroom

Mac OS X is becoming, whether by design or by accident, a Digital Rights Management operating system where the rights in question are the user's rights--and they are expansive. Apple's Digital Hub concept continues to take shape in the OS, the add-on applications and third-party products such as EyeTV, typically enhancing the user's ability to do what he or she wants.

Dan Gillmor moderates a panel that considers the issues: Can this distinctly pro-customer approach continue in the face of Hollywood's ire and the entertainment industry's clout in Congress? Will Apple copy Microsoft and build harsh DRM for copyright owners into the system?