Lofgren's Anti-DRM Bill

blastedtokyo writes "House representative Zoe Lofgren introduced the Digital Choice and Freedom Act. Perhaps the most interesting section is the part that invalidates 'non-negotiable shrink wrap licenses' (EULAs) that limit rights. On top of this, it states that both digital and analog media need to be subject to fair use rules for backing up. The full text of the bill is also available." News.com.com.com.com and Infoworld have stories as well, which both note that there is no chance of these bills being passed this year.

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Why?

[BoBaBrain]

Disclaimer: I'm not trolling. I'm just proposing an alternative view.

Why shouldn't companies slap whatever restrictions they want on their products? Microsoft's EULA could state that by opening the wrapper I agree to eat the contents. If I don't agree to that, I don't buy the product.

As consumers, we have no right to demand certain products. We do have the right not to buy a product we don't like. We also have the right to buy lots of products we do like.
This gives us a lot of clout in the market place.

If the product we want does not exist, then there is a niche in the market. Businesses may want to take advantage of this, as the excellent open source community has done.