The big DRM mistake

The big DRM mistake
Scott Granneman, 2006-03-01

Digital Rights Managements hurts paying customers, destroys Fair Use rights, renders customers' investments worthless, and can always be defeated. Why are consumers and publishers being forced to use DRM?

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The best solution is to NOT BUY any materials that are protected using such schemes. As he points out, your investment is time limited as well as limited in usefulness. How many times have I already had to pay for a given song as it moved from record, to tape, to CD, to MP3?

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