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Francisco Canaza of Apuntes Peruanos [es] is surprised by the authorization for the use of Digital Rights Management (DRM) technologies through a legislative decree from the Peruvian government and which will make it illegal to manufacture modified components for video games, for example.
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I do not see how this being approved/authorized is surprising? The world is consistently going toward this and governments are being forced into it by World Treaties purchased by rent-a-governments (e.g. Ireland).