DRM (Digital Rights Management)

[smilodon]

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Electronic Frountier Foundation European Affairs Coordinator Cory Doctorow visited Microsoft last week to ask the tech giant to stand up to the entertainment industry and make a media player that will play all the media you want it to.  

In his speech, Doctorow made five main arguments against investing
in digital rights management (DRM) systems:

    1. DRM systems don't work.
    2. DRM systems are bad for society.
    3. DRM systems are bad for business.
    4. DRM systems are bad for artists.
    5. DRM is a bad business move for Microsoft.

Theoretically this should be of some interest to anyone who watches movies and listen to music. But it's quite long so some may fall asleep  

[Doorman]

There's no pictures!  

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by Doorman@Jun 24 2004, 08:37 AM
There's no pictures!  

Ron, that just made my day.  :lol:

[ChimpBoy]

Good read that Smilo - very interesting.  A strong and logical argument.

The first couple of sections remind me somewhat of the book "Cryptonomicon".

[Jamoe]

omg i just read all of that :/

good read.

[Doorman]

Originally posted by ChimpBoy@Jun 24 2004, 12:12 PM


The first couple of sections remind me somewhat of the book "Cryptonomicon".

Yeah, that's what I thought.  :unsure:

[ChimpBoy]

Originally posted by Doorman+Jun 24 2004, 02:33 PM-->