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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When you buy copyrighted material, you are BUYING IT, not licencing it 2006-03-02
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Sorry, but you can't possibly be this dumb. You're saying that being able to lend a book out is the same thing as making a million identical clones of it and instantaneously distributing them around the entire solar system? Come on.

You are correct about popularity and awareness being a good thing, no matter how it's achieved. The companies are clearly aware of the effect and I'm sure they want to encourage it. The problem is how to create heat without burning the house down.

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